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go straight definition


  1. in.
    to stop breaking the law. : I think I'll give all this up and go straight—some day.
  2. in.
    to get off drugs. (Drugs.) : I'll go straight one of these days.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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straight definition


  1. mod.
    honest; unembellished. : Have I ever been anything but straight with you?
  2. n.
    a tobacco cigarette; a tobacco cigarette butt. (As opposed to a marijuana cigarette. See also slim.) : No, I want a straight. That spliff makes me sneeze.
  3. mod.
    having to do with undiluted liquor. : I'll take mine straight.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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go straight

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.

The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.
Copyright © 1997. Published by Houghton Mifflin.
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