shoot straight

1. Also, shoot square. Deal fairly and honestly, as in You can't trust most car salesmen, but Jim always shoots straight, or We always shoot square with our customers. These colloquial terms use straight and square in the sense of “straightforward and honest,” and shoot in the sense of “deal with.”

Example Sentences

But “Mob War: Philadelphia vs. the Mafia” makes good use, and a good story, out of the short-lived but bloody mob rule that broke out in the ’90s, took on classical proportions of violent retribution and inspired an FBI investigation that involved wire taps, drug stings, the murder of federal witnesses and an investigative target that seemed unable to shoot straight.

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Unless this “Gang That Couldn’t Shoot Straight” gets replacements and reinforcements soon they may have trouble making the postseason before it is all over, let alone repeating their championship.

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“If you’re going to shoot me, you better shoot straight.”

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“That was me 40 years ago, dispensing invaluable advice to the band that couldn’t shoot straight,” he said, sitting on an indoor bike and wearing a boldly colored tracksuit.

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Did a playoff team from last season suddenly forget how to shoot straight up and down the roster?

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