straight arrow

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noun Informal.

a person who manifests high-minded devotion to clean living and moral righteousness.

Origin of straight arrow

First recorded in 1965–70

OTHER WORDS FROM straight arrow

straight-ar·row, adjective

Words nearby straight arrow

straight a, straight and narrow, straight and narrow, the, straight angle, straight arm lift, straight arrow, straight as an arrow, straight bat, straight bill of lading, straight chain, straight chair

British Dictionary definitions for straight arrow

straight arrow

noun

informal, mainly US
  1. a clean-living and honest person
  2. (as modifier)a straight-arrow cop