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Meanings of straight arrow in English

A frank and honest person.

      Usage of straight arrow in English
      1
      Such a damn straight arrow, though, he just might do it.
      In the Dark
      2
      Grown-up Andrew is kind, intelligent, and strictly straight arrow where his work is concerned.
      Cross Bones
      3
      Time-bending plot The complex plot zooms in on the normally straight arrow of time.
      The South African
      4
      Gordon is a straight arrow who doesn't like the chicanery.
      The new yorker
      5
      Then Bhima took up another straight arrow of great impetuosity and sped it at Sushena.
      The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 3 / Books 8,...
      6
      He never put himself forward as a straight arrow.
      NY Magazine
      7
      By appealing to the part of him that is the Boy Scout, the straight arrow.
      Fire With Fire
      8
      Since I've been where he's at in the booze terrain, he sounds straight arrow to me.
      The bourne ultimatum
      9
      They gave me this straight arrow a while back and you couldn't do nothing with him.
      Burglars can't be choosers
      10
      He was no straight arrow, this Santangelo.
      The burglar who traded ted williams
      11
      Make really smart little straight arrow bitches?
      Seveneves
      12
      Nolan, there's one last thing you might want to consider: a straight arrow like Riordan usually has a strong conscience.
      Fire With Fire
      13
      Did she want to believe he was a straight arrow because he was charming and good-looking as well as infuriating?
      Haunted
      14
      Mr. Davenport knew that Alan was a straight arrow, not someone he'd ever need to personally take an interest in.
      Someone Comes to Town, Someone Leaves Town
      15
      Being such a straight arrow was part of the reason for this amazing fecundity, but Annie herself was a bigger one.
      Misery
      16
      Then Susharma, O king, with a straight arrow, pierced Arjuna in the chest, and then he pierced him with three other shafts.
      The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 3 / Books 8,...
      This collocation consists of:
      Straight arrow through the time
      Straight arrow across language varieties
      United States of America
      Common