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straight arrow

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straight arrow
n. Informal
1. A morally upright person.
2. A person regarded as being extremely conventional.
[From the phrase straight as an arrow.]
straight-arrow (strtr) adj.
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Noun1.straight arrow - a frank and honest person
square shooter, straight shooter
good person - a person who is good to other people
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At his back his bow, and in the quiver upon his shield many slim, straight arrows, well smeared with the thick, dark, tarry substance that rendered deadly their tiniest needle prick.
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