straight arrow
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straight arrow
n. Informal
1. A morally upright person.
2. A person regarded as being extremely conventional.
[From the phrase straight as an arrow.]
straight′-ar′row adj.
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straight arrow
n
informal chiefly
a. a clean-living and honest person
b. (as modifier): a straight-arrow cop.
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straight′ ar′row
n.
a person righteously devoted to clean or conventional living.
[1965–70]
straight′-ar′row, adj.
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Noun | 1. | straight arrow - a frank and honest person good person - a person who is good to other people |
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