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Straight arrow

noun, slang

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Someone who behaves according to conventional standards; one noted for honesty and integrity. US, informal

    "He was put down at first as a "straight arrow" — a do-gooder — and the description was sometimes accompanied by the cry, "ugh." as in old Westerns when the settler is shot by the wily redskin."

  2. 2
    a frank and honest person wordnet
  3. 3
    Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see straight, arrow.

    "The goal can not be attained by a straight arrow flight."

Etymology

From archery, in which an arrow that has a straight shaft flies where you shoot it, while a crooked arrow will veer off.

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