WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025
in′side straight′,
- Games[Poker.]a set of four cards, as the five, seven, eight, and nine, requiring one card of a denomination next above or below the second or third ranking cards of the set to make a straight.
- Games, Idioms draw to an inside straight, to build up hopes for something that has little or no chance of happening.