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

Sound from the telecoil system can also go straight to a patron’s hearing aids, with the press of a button on the hearing aid. —Lisa Schencker, Chicago Tribune, 24 Jan. 2026

Rose on Friday insisted she wasn’t stopped by police, but instead pulled up to ask why she was being forced onto a toll road, and why traffic couldn’t go straight, a route that would get her home in minutes. —Ryan Gillespie, The Orlando Sentinel, 23 Jan. 2026

Flynn press releases go straight to the Globe garbage bin. —Joe Battenfeld, Boston Herald, 20 Jan. 2026

Although many workers detest checking their inboxes—often flooded with mundane inquiries and spam emails—some executives go straight to their unreads each morning. —Emma Burleigh, Fortune, 2 Jan. 2026

Rhymes for go straight

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