he's a straight arrow

  • 1Straight Arrow Press — (Straight Arrow Publishing Co., Inc.) owns, among others, Us Weekly and Rolling Stone magazines.It has published Stewart Brand, Richard Brautigan, Bob Dylan, Jerry Garcia (with Wenner and Charles A. Reich), Hunter S. Thompson, William Bast, Roger …

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  • 2straight arrow — straight arrows N COUNT: oft N n A straight arrow is someone who is very traditional, honest, and moral. [mainly AM] ...a well scrubbed, straight arrow group of young people …

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  • 3straight-arrow — ☆ straight arrow [strāt′ar΄ō, strāt′er΄ō ] adj. Informal proper, righteous, conscientious, etc.: often used with connotations of conservatism, stodginess, dullness, or the like * * * See straight arrow. * * * …

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  • 4straight arrow — ☆ straight arrow n. Informal a person who is straight arrow …

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  • 5straight arrow — straight arrow, adj. Informal. a person who manifests high minded devotion to clean living and moral righteousness. [1965 70] * * * …

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  • 6straight arrow — n AmE informal someone who is very honest and moral and who never does anything exciting or unusual …

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  • 7straight arrow — noun count INFORMAL someone who is reliable and good but may be slightly boring …

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  • 8straight-arrow — ☆ straight arrow [strāt′ar΄ō, strāt′er΄ō ] adj. Informal proper, righteous, conscientious, etc.: often used with connotations of conservatism, stodginess, dullness, or the like …

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  • 9straight-arrow — ˌ ̷ ̷ ¦ ̷ ̷  ̷ ̷ adjective : rigidly proper and conventional • straight arrow noun * * * straight arrow, U.S. Informal. a very proper, upright, straightforward person: »Smith, a wonderfully old fashioned straight arrow, was right in character… …

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  • 10straight arrow — noun a frank and honest person • Syn: ↑square shooter, ↑straight shooter • Ant: ↑liar (for: ↑square shooter) • Hypernyms: ↑good person …

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