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

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

Anything that’s able to be contributed will help immensely and go straight into finding an affordable, handicap-friendly place to stay to make this transition for Zain as painless and worry-free as possible. —Virginia Chamlee, People.com, 19 June 2025

And was that to play eight more games, and then get no rest at all, go straight into preseason, and grind another season, and go straight into the World Cup? —Scott Thompson, FOXNews.com, 12 June 2025

But life didn't go straight back to normal on their return home. —Lucy Notarantonio, MSNBC Newsweek, 31 May 2025

Rhymes for go straight

• abate
• airfreight
• await
• baseplate
• berate
• birthdate
• birthrate
• bookplate
• borate
• breastplate
• bromate
• casemate