go straight
idiom
informal
: to stop being a criminal
He left the gang and promised himself that he would go straight.
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But Ortiz Marrero didn’t go straight to their supervisor afterward, so the co-worker did, deputies said.
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Olivia Lloyd, Miami Herald, 17 July 2025
With major burns or injuries to the eyes or head, go straight to the emergency room.
—Justin Laube, EverydayHealth.com, 2 July 2025
This would be almost impossible to pull off because typical federal tax payments go straight to the Internal Revenue Service, with no state involvement.
—Thomas Elias, Mercury News, 23 June 2025
If their head-to-head result was a draw, they cannot be separated by goal difference or goals scored in their head-to-head, so the decision would go straight to the group-wide metrics — first, overall goal difference, followed by overall goals scored.
—Cerys Jones, New York Times, 20 June 2025
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Olivia Lloyd, Miami Herald, 17 July 2025
With major burns or injuries to the eyes or head, go straight to the emergency room.
—Justin Laube, EverydayHealth.com, 2 July 2025
This would be almost impossible to pull off because typical federal tax payments go straight to the Internal Revenue Service, with no state involvement.
—Thomas Elias, Mercury News, 23 June 2025
If their head-to-head result was a draw, they cannot be separated by goal difference or goals scored in their head-to-head, so the decision would go straight to the group-wide metrics — first, overall goal difference, followed by overall goals scored.
—Cerys Jones, New York Times, 20 June 2025
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“Go straight.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/go%20straight. Accessed 31 Jul. 2025.
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