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straight up

British  

  1. slang honestly; truly; exactly

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
straight up Idioms  

  1. 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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In my view, the AI investment cycle has not suddenly disappeared just because the stocks stopped going straight up.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 22, 2026

"Usually you just get rejected straight up," the 30-year-old told AFP in the western city of Frankfurt.

From Barron's ● Jul. 12, 2026

We take a look at why it could take some time to get the straight up and running.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 15, 2026

The National League suffers from an archaic quirk within the upper echelons of the football pyramid, with only its champions going straight up.

From BBC ● Apr. 25, 2026

Every time something would zip across the road, his ears would stand straight up.

From "Summer of the Monkeys" by Wilson Rawls

Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023

Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.

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