Collocations for "straight"
Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "straight" in context.
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straight
ⓘMost examples are given in US English. We have labeled exceptions as UK.adv
- sit up straight!
- [headed, went] straight to [work, the bar]
- turned around and went straight back (to)
- went straight on to [Houston]
- went straight through [downtown, the city]
- go straight ahead (from here)
- cut straight across the [field, lawn, grass]
- skipped straight to [page, chapter, part] [three]
- came straight from [hell, heaven]
- straight out of (the pages of)
- straight down the middle
- went straight on to win, marry
- threw it straight into the [trash, garbage]
- [went, got] straight to the point
- looked me straight in the eye
- straight up!
- criminal who decides to go straight
- the [line, cut, edge] is straight
- straight as an arrow
- have (nice) straight teeth
- for the [seventh] straight [year]
- for the [seventh year] straight
- [I'll, I am going to] be straight with you
- there is no way that he is straight
- a straight man
- [is he, if he is] straight or gay
- let's get this straight
- get [this, your] story straight
- she is straight up and down
- the [final, last, finishing] straight
- the [athlete, driver, horse] is in the [final] straight
- pulled [away, clear] in the [final] straight
- stray from the straight and narrow
- the [crook, criminal] is back on the straight and narrow
- cards: she [won, lost] with a straight
- the straight of a [circuit, track]
- (bars for) gays and straights
- the [final, last, finishing] straight
- the [line, cut, edge] is straight
- the [athlete, driver, horse] is in the [final] straight
- straight as an arrow
- pulled [away, clear] in the [final] straight
- have (nice) straight teeth
- stray from the straight and narrow
- sit up straight!
- the [crook, criminal] is back on the straight and narrow
- [headed, went] straight to [work, the bar]
- cards: she [won, lost] with a straight
- turned around and went straight back (to)
- the straight of a [circuit, track]
- went straight on to [Houston]
- (bars for) gays and straights
- went straight through [downtown, the city]
- go straight ahead (from here)
- cut straight across the [field, lawn, grass]
- skipped straight to [page, chapter, part] [three]
- came straight from [hell, heaven]
- straight out of (the pages of)
- straight down the middle
- went straight on to win, marry
- threw it straight into the [trash, garbage]
- [went, got] straight to the point
- looked me straight in the eye
- for the [seventh] straight [year]
- for the [seventh year] straight
- [I'll, I am going to] be straight with you
- there is no way that he is straight
- a straight man
- [is he, if he is] straight or gay
- he is straight-acting
- let's get this straight
- get [this, your] story straight
- straight up!
- he's a straight-up guy
- she is straight up and down
- criminal who decides to go straight
'straight' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
acting
- afterwards
- aisle
- away
- bang
- barrel
- bent
- boast
- cane
- carton
- comb
- continue
- cut
- deceptive
- dope
- draw
- driveway
- edge
- elevator
- explanation
- fact
- factory
- faucet
- fold
- gay
- glare
- hair
- horse
- jail
- landfill
- ledge
- leg
- line
- lock
- long
- manufacturer
- mop
- narrow
- naturally
- nightmare
- normal
- north
- oblivion
- off
- pass
- path
- pitch
- point
- postcard
- preliminary