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STRAIGHT AND NARROW
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Dictionary entry overview: What does straight and narrow mean?
• STRAIGHT AND NARROW (noun)
The noun STRAIGHT AND NARROW has 1 sense:
1. the way of proper and honest behavior
Familiarity information: STRAIGHT AND NARROW used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
The way of proper and honest behavior
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Synonyms:
straight and narrow; strait and narrow
Context example:
he taught his children to keep strictly to the straight and narrow
Hypernyms ("straight and narrow" is a kind of...):
path; way; way of life (a course of conduct)
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