sit up straight

  • 21straight — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} adj. 1 not bent or curved VERBS ▪ be, look ▪ become ▪ stay ▪ keep sth ▪ Keep the car st …

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  • 22sit up — Synonyms and related words: abide, arise, await, bide, bide the issue, bristle, cock up, dally, dawdle, delay, dillydally, disentangle, extend, flatten, get up, hang about, hang around, hold everything, hold on, hold your horses, jump up, linger …

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  • 23sit pretty — phrasal : to be in a highly favorable situation sitting pretty with a full house against a flush and a straight Americans … had a virtual monopoly of piston engined air transports, and they were sitting pretty Charles Gardner * * * sit pretty see …

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  • 24straight as a ramrod —    Someone who is (as) straight as a ramrod is a person who keeps a straight back and looks very serious.     When my grandfather invited us for dinner, he used to sit straight as a ramrod at the head of the table …

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  • 25sit-up-and-beg — adjective Having handlebars that curve backwards, so that the rider can sit straight rather than hunching forward. The four boys, now safely sitting on the plinth of the War Memorial, turned their attention to the sight of the Vicar who was… …

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  • 26Inside Straight Draw — Dieser Artikel oder Abschnitt ist nicht hinreichend mit Belegen (Literatur, Webseiten oder Einzelnachweisen) versehen. Die fraglichen Angaben werden daher möglicherweise demnächst gelöscht. Hilf Wikipedia, indem du die Angaben recherchierst und… …

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  • 27Nashville sit-ins — Nashville s sit in campaign targeted downtown lunch counters such as this one at Walgreens drugstore. The Nashville sit ins, which …

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  • 28be as straight as a ramrod — be as stiff/straight as a ramrod old fashioned if someone is as stiff as a ramrod, they stand or sit with their back very straight and stiff. At eighty three, he s still as straight as a ramrod …

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  • 29put straight — Synonyms and related words: amend, awaken, break the spell, burst the bubble, compensate, correct, debunk, disabuse, disappoint, disenchant, disentangle, disillude, disillusion, disillusionize, emend, enlighten, expose, extend, flatten, give… …

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  • 30set straight — Synonyms and related words: admonish, amend, awaken, break the spell, bring to book, burst the bubble, call to account, chastise, chide, compensate, conduct to, correct, debunk, direct to, disabuse, disappoint, disenchant, disentangle, disillude …

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