shoot straight

Idioms and Phrases

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

Paradoxically the world is holding Israel responsible for Hamas being unable to shoot straight.

From The Daily Beast

We say we want politicians who will shoot straight, tell us what we need to know instead of what they think we want to know.

From The Daily Beast

The Pancho-Obama team fired back, yet they did not always shoot straight either.

From The Daily Beast

It was a wake-up call for the White House gang that can't shoot straight.

From The Daily Beast

To be a soldier you must see straight as well as shoot straight.

From Project Gutenberg

It might shoot straight on, over the lip, into the wavering curtain of spray and vanish into the horror of the cauldron.

From Project Gutenberg

There was no use in trying to get away; the Royal North-West are empowered to shoot, and, as a rule, shoot straight.

From Project Gutenberg

There's shooting and shooting, and you've got to shoot straight.

From Project Gutenberg

Happily, he had been too drunk or too tremulous to shoot straight.

From Project Gutenberg