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• straight arrow — noun a frank and honest person • Syn: ↑square shooter, ↑straight shooter • Ant: ↑liar (for: ↑square shooter) • Hypernyms: ↑good person …   Useful english dictionary

• Straight Arrow Press — (Straight Arrow Publishing Co., Inc.) owns, among others, Us Weekly and Rolling Stone magazines.It has published Stewart Brand, Richard Brautigan, Bob Dylan, Jerry Garcia (with Wenner and Charles A. Reich), Hunter S. Thompson, William Bast, Roger …   Wikipedia

• straight arrow — straight arrows N COUNT: oft N n A straight arrow is someone who is very traditional, honest, and moral. [mainly AM] ...a well scrubbed, straight arrow group of young people …   English dictionary

• Arrow Cross Party — Hungarist Movement Nyilaskeresztes Párt – Hungarista Mozgalom Leader Ferenc Szálasi 1935–1945 (executed for war crimes) …   Wikipedia

• straight-arrow — ☆ straight arrow [strāt′ar΄ō, strāt′er΄ō ] adj. Informal proper, righteous, conscientious, etc.: often used with connotations of conservatism, stodginess, dullness, or the like * * * See straight arrow. * * * …   Universalium

• straight as an arrow — A person who is as straight as an arrow is extremely honest and genuine …   The small dictionary of idiomes

• straight arrow — ☆ straight arrow n. Informal a person who is straight arrow …   English World dictionary

• Straight — Straight, adv. In a straight manner; directly; rightly; forthwith; immediately; as, the arrow went straight to the mark. Floating straight. Shak. [1913 Webster] I know thy generous temper well; Fling but the appearance of dishonor on it, It… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• straight — [adj1] aligned; not curved beeline*, collinear, consecutive, continuous, direct, erect, even, horizontal, in a line, in a row, inflexible, in line, invariable, level, like an arrow*, lineal, linear, near, nonstop, perpendicular, plumb,… …   New thesaurus

• straight arrow — straight arrow, adj. Informal. a person who manifests high minded devotion to clean living and moral righteousness. [1965 70] * * * …   Universalium