straight up
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The frost problem having been dealt with, the arrow was pointing straight up.
From Slate • Apr. 20, 2026
Or, in the case of Coach and e.l.f., straight up gangbuster growth — Coach sales jumped 25% year over year, while e.l.f’s total revenue rose 38%.
From Barron's • Feb. 6, 2026
“I’ll tell you straight up, we could do a better job policing ourselves,” said Rowley, who said he believed the State Bar had historically been weak on California lawyers.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 17, 2026
"I said, 'look, I play straight up or else I'm not going to play'. And Bobby loved it."
From BBC • Dec. 11, 2025
During the past few days, I had asked Rowdy to do so many things he had never done before that he didn’t know straight up from straight down.
From "Summer of the Monkeys" by Wilson Rawls
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