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British slang honestly; truly; exactly

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How to use straight up in a sentence

I think people like those stories told straight-up, [David] Fincher-style.
Can Condon's Freak Show Win Broadway?|Tim Teeman|November 18, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Being there with a company of American infantry was dangerous enough; going there on your own seemed like straight-up suicide.
Heart of Darkness: Into Afghanistan’s Taliban Valley|Matt Trevithick, Daniel Seckman|November 15, 2014|DAILY BEAST
But if you ask the American public a straight up question—“Do you support amnesty for illegal immigrants?”
Didn't Obama Hear Oregon’s Warning Shot on Immigration?|Doug McIntyre|November 14, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The straight-up fear of a world in which disco singles consistently topping the charts was the new normal.
Of Gamers, Gates, and Disco Demolition: The Roots of Reactionary Rage|Arthur Chu|October 16, 2014|DAILY BEAST

Perhaps he is straight-up obsessed with former American Idol host Paula Abdul.
Robin Thicke’s ‘Paula’ Is What You Shouldn’t Do When You Get Dumped|Andrew Romano|June 26, 2014|DAILY BEAST
She sat straight up in bed, and jerked her hands to her head, and screamed long and terribly.
The Homesteader|Oscar Micheaux
It was half-past seven when we got back to the house, so we all went straight up to our rooms to dress for dinner.
Uncanny Tales|Various
On his chest was a great inkoos with one eye covered, and on his back a hut with trees growing straight up into the air from it.
Uncanny Tales|Various
There's a little one inside—so narrow and twisted, Jim, that even I can hardly walk straight up it but have to go sidewise.
Dorothy at Skyrie|Evelyn Raymond
We had no more than got fairly between the straight-up-and-down walls of it than Piegan halted us with a warning hand.
Raw Gold|Bertrand W. Sinclair

Other Idioms and Phrases with straight up

straight up

Served without ice, generally said of an alcoholic drink, as in He ordered a martini straight up. Straight was first recorded with this meaning in 1874.

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