go straight

1. 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

She was going to go straight to Noem.

From Salon

Vance added that anyone whose political rhetoric encourages violence against law enforcement can “go straight to hell.”

From Los Angeles Times

Well, I just started doing that a long time ago because I would go hiking in the morning and then I’d go straight to the gym, and I found it was convenient, and now I’m used to it, so I just do it,” he shared.

From Salon

Think about most children you know: If one or both of their parents died, would they go straight to an orphanage?

From Slate

New government rules mean teenagers fresh out of school have been able to bypass military service and go straight into the regular army as contract soldiers.

From BBC