First Known Use: 1969
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straight arrow
noun
: a person who is very honest and morally proper
Full Definition of STRAIGHT ARROW
: a person who lives by rigidly proper or conventional standards
— straight–arrow adjective
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Origin of STRAIGHT ARROW
from the expression straight as an arrow
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