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straight
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keep
straight
To avoid confusing or mixing up something; to keep something clear or organized.
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set
straight
To correct; to make right or true.
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straight
away
Very soon; quickly; immediately.
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straight
face
A face that is expressionless, especially not laughing.
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straight
man
A member of a team of comic performers who plays a supporting role by helping to set up jokes and punch lines through engaging in preparatory dialog with the principal comedian; a foil who plays such a role in theatrical comedy.
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get something
straight
To understand; to clarify.
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straight
from the shoulder
Done in a direct manner; blunt.
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on the
straight
and narrow
Honest; proceeding according to rules and plans.
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straight
from the horse's mouth
Directly from the source; firsthand.
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straight
out of the chute
Something done immediately, or "from the beginning". Taken from rodeo routine: the bucking bronco, or bull, or the calf for the calf-roping contest is kept in a narrow pen, a chute, until it is released and dashes out to its fate.
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rule out
To cross an item out by drawing a
straight
line through it, as with a ruler.
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straight
en out
To make
straight
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as the crow flies
In a
straight
line distance between two locations, as opposed to the road distance or over land distance.
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center field
The part of a baseball field which is beyond the infield and
straight
ahead left if you stand on home plate and face the pitcher.
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in line
Positioned in a
straight
line.
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keep one's eye on the ball
My ethos has always been to be very
straight
with people, tell it as it is. It doesn't often make people happy but I found that over a period of time it's better to be that way. So being
straight
, also being very focused on your objectives, keep your eye on the ball and not get deflected away from it.
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second banana
A comedian who plays a secondary or supporting role, especially as
straight
man and traditionally in vaudeville or burlesque theatre.
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shotgun
A one-story dwelling with no hallways or corridors, with the rooms arranged in a
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line. Mostly heard in the southern United States.
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