go straight

Idioms and Phrases

Become a law-abiding person; abandon crime. For example, Once he got out on probation, he swore he would go straight . The use of straight in the sense of “honest” dates from the 1500s and probably alludes to the opposite of crooked , used in the sense of “dishonest” from the 13th century on.

Example Sentences

For example, you can switch to morning or lunchtime workouts or go straight to the gym instead of stopping at home first.

From The Daily Beast

Why do the right-wing guys always go straight to the Nazis and Hitler?

From The Daily Beast

When I leave one checkpoint, I like to go straight to the next one.

From The Daily Beast

So I decided to go straight to the source—which is how Bugg and I have hit upon the topic of time signatures.

From The Daily Beast

Smugglers still most often go straight through law enforcement, via corruption.

From The Daily Beast

I suppose I must take you down to see the old man, and then we'll go straight off to Rome, and finish the winter there.

From Project Gutenberg

I fled post-haste, and shall go straight to Sasha without stopping at Milan.

From Project Gutenberg

I had rather go straight from here without another glance at her unconscious face.

From Project Gutenberg

I meant to pouch my winnings and go straight to my wife and say, 'Peccavi,' and I should hear her say to me, 'Go and sin no more.'

From Project Gutenberg

Let a writer go straight to the point as directly as the hindrances of language will allow.

From Project Gutenberg