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strait-lace
/
ˈstreɪtˌleɪs
/
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streyt
-leys
]
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verb (used with object),
strait-laced,
strait-lac·ing.
to bind, confine, or restrain with or as if with laces.
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Origin:
1630–40;
back formation from
strait-laced
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to steal or take dishonestly (money, esp. public funds, or property entrusted to one's care); embezzle.
to run away hurriedly; flee.
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to spend time idly; loaf.
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