straight A
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adjective
achieving or showing the highest grade or superior accomplishment, especially scholastically: a straight A report card.
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Origin of straight A
First recorded in 1945–50
Words nearby straight A
strafe, Strafford, straggle, straggly, straight, straight A, straight-ahead, straight and narrow, straight angle, straight-arm, straight arm lift
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