Definition of straight arrow
: a person who lives by rigidly proper or conventional standards
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Examples of straight arrow in a Sentence
He doesn't drink or smoke. He's a real straight arrow.
Recent Examples of straight arrow from the Web
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Everybody, except for me, everybody is straight arrow.
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The straight arrow of Franco's brothers, Vincent, is a divorced dad trying to get by, whose financial need puts him in business with some shady characters.
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If Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt is the closest a live-action sitcom has come to The Simpsons, then Diggs is its Frank Grimes, the sputtering straight arrow who was driven into an early grave by Homer’s inexplicable accomplishments.
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Origin and Etymology of straight arrow
from the expression straight as an arrow
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