Synonyms

go straight

Idioms

Become a law-abiding person; abandon crime. For example, Once he got out on probation, he swore he would go straight. The use of straight in the sense of “honest” dates from the 1500s and probably alludes to the opposite of crooked, used in the sense of “dishonest” from the 13th century on.

Example Sentences

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If you go straight to the boss you might violate a team norm, and turn everyone against you.

From The Wall Street Journal

I didn’t go straight back to my hiding place.

From Literature

His heart is with the strivers who find that our K-shaped economy makes it impossible to go straight.

From Los Angeles Times

It’s that same feeling that’s so deeply impactful for the viewer, the one that will make them want to go straight from the movie theater to the bookstore.

From Salon

Malone made his own kind of history in 1974 as the first player to go straight from high school to the pros.

From The Wall Street Journal

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