go straight

Idioms and Phrases

Become a law-abiding person; abandon crime. For example, Once he got out on probation, he swore he would go straight . The use of straight in the sense of “honest” dates from the 1500s and probably alludes to the opposite of crooked , used in the sense of “dishonest” from the 13th century on.

Example Sentences

“I’m very against big corporations taking a bunch of money, because where does it go? Iron Maiden gave us $10,000 so I thought why don’t we form our own cancer fund? We know if everybody gives a penny, it’s going to go straight to where we want it to go to, which is research and education.”

From Los Angeles Times

The match will go straight to penalty kicks if the score is tied at the end of regulation, with the winner advancing to face the Seattle Sounders in the single-game conference semifinals.

From Los Angeles Times

If for no reason other than Trump’s promise to allow Kennedy to “go wild” on health, food and medicine, please go straight to your polling place and vote to end this madness.

From Salon

With Trump, he says, “the direction would be top-down - he will go straight to Tehran and from there, try to sort out all the different prongs and theatres throughout the Middle East”.

From BBC

"So the best driver line-up, often individuals will go straight to performance or number of championships. But I think it's a lot wider than that when you are in a team that needs internal leadership without in-fighting to move forward."

From BBC