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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.
straight arrow
n
Informal chiefly US
a.  a clean-living and honest person
b.  (as modifier) a straight-arrow cop
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
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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