the straight and narrow (path)

  • 1(the) straight and narrow path — the straight and narrow (path) behavior that is correct and moral. You have to keep to the straight and narrow if you want to stay on her good side …

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  • 2(the) straight and narrow — the straight and narrow (path) behavior that is correct and moral. You have to keep to the straight and narrow if you want to stay on her good side …

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  • 3straight and narrow — noun the way of proper and honest behavior he taught his children to keep strictly to the straight and narrow • Syn: ↑strait and narrow • Hypernyms: ↑way, ↑path, ↑way of life * * * noun Etymolo …

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  • 4straight — [strāt] adj. [ME streght, pp. of strecchen, to STRETCH] 1. having the same direction throughout its length; having no curvature or angularity [a straight line] 2. not crooked, bent, bowed, wavy, curly, etc. [straight hair] 3. upright; erect… …

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  • 5strait and narrow — noun the way of proper and honest behavior he taught his children to keep strictly to the straight and narrow • Syn: ↑straight and narrow • Hypernyms: ↑way, ↑path, ↑way of life …

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  • 6straight — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. unbent (see straightness); upright, honorable; honest, straightforward; regular, undiluted, unmodified; consecutive, seriatim; proper, correct; informal, heterosexual. See probity, purity, sequence …

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  • 7The Triumph of the Weak — Infobox Film name = The Triumph of the Weak image size = caption = director = Tom Terris producer = writer = Edith Ellis narrator = starring = Alice Joyce Walter McGrail Templar Saxe Eulalie Jensen music = cinematography = editing = distributor …

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  • 8The Public Enemy — Infobox Film name =The Public Enemy caption = The Public Enemy movie poster director = William A. Wellman producer = Darryl F. Zanuck writer = Kubec Glasmon John Bright Harvey F. Thew starring =James Cagney Jean Harlow Edward Woods Joan Blondell… …

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  • 9The Pilgrim's Progress — For the Kula Shaker album, see Pilgrims Progress (album). The Pilgrim s Progress   …

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  • 10straight — straight1 [ streıt ] adjective ** ▸ 1 not bending/curving ▸ 2 not leaning ▸ 3 honest and true ▸ 4 information: correct ▸ 5 without interruption ▸ 6 serious ▸ 7 voting for one party ▸ 8 drink: not mixed ▸ 9 about person ▸ 10 clean and neat ▸ 11… …

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