STRAIT AND NARROW

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does strait and narrow mean? 

• STRAIT AND NARROW (noun)
  The noun STRAIT AND NARROW has 1 sense:

1. the way of proper and honest behavior

  Familiarity information: STRAIT AND NARROW used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• STRAIT AND NARROW (noun)

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 ("strait and narrow" is a kind of...):

path; way; way of life (a course of conduct)