go straight

idiom

informal

: to stop being a criminal

He left the gang and promised himself that he would go straight.

Examples of go straight in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web His calls go straight to her voicemail, and her car is missing from her home. —

Kimberly Roots, TVLine, 8 Oct. 2024 Selling unused items not only declutters your space but also generates extra cash that can go straight into your savings. —

True Tamplin, Forbes, 7 Oct. 2024 While the iPhone maker plans to still spend about the same $1 billion overall on producing movies each year, more films will go straight to streaming. —

Byandrew Nusca, Fortune, 30 Sep. 2024 His range immediately impressed: Álvarez might go straight from a cover of the Cuban singer-songwriter Silvio Rodríguez into a rendition of a Metallica song. —

Daniel Alarcón, The New Yorker, 23 Sep. 2024 See all Example Sentences for go straight

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