straight
- adverb
- /streɪt/
- Let me get this straight.
- tell someone straight
- set someone straight
So I was thankfully able to get straight into the hormone testing.
- So I was thankfully able to get straight into the hormone testing.
- Like, no, you can do that in a very straight ahead, honest way.
- They're not so able to just jump straight in to trusting a person.
- All right, so let's just hear it straight from the horse's mouth.
- All right, That's straight from the horse's mouth right there.
- But let me just should look up and let's get straight into wrapping.
- Just tell me straight, is the game rigged?
- So here's the question, and this comes straight out of the Matrix.
Examples
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Before I let you go, let's get one thing straight.
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"Will you send me?" She looked him straight in the eye, and he felt like crying again.
Fiction book (1990) -
And I want to tell you straight just like it is.
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Would you set the record straight, please?
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I'll get straight to the point.
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Listen, you guys, I'm going to give it to you straight.
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Why can't patients just come straight out and tell you everything you might usefully want to know?
Academic text (2010) -
I want to talk to you straight about what happened.
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Please answer my question straight without any excuses.
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It's best to be straight with your feelings rather than hiding them.
Synonyms
In a clear honest way, saying what you think
In a firm way that shows no doubt
Used to say something is completely honest without exaggeration
In a direct way that is not polite
Directly and openly, without hiding or delay
In an honest, direct way without hiding your true thoughts
To say something plainly without hiding feelings
In a very direct way without trying to hide anything
In a direct and honest way without hiding anything
In a clear, honest way without hiding anything
Completely direct with no doubt or excuse
In a direct and blunt way
In a direct and honest way without hiding feelings or opinions
Antonyms
Idioms
To not be able to think clearly because you are very tired, angry, or confused
- Informal
In a direct and honest way without hiding feelings or opinions
- Informal
To keep your face looking serious and not show you are laughing
Focus immediately on the most important information without extra details
- Informal
Looks exactly like the kind of person chosen to play a role in a film or show
Compounds
A performer who plays a serious role in a comedy to make the other person's jokes funnier
- Jargon
A woman who plays the serious partner in a comedy duo and gives lines to the funny performer
- Jargon
A poker game where each player gets five face down cards and cannot take any new ones
- Specialized
A structure with a straight horizontal top made of stones cut like wedges that support each other
- Specialized
A drill bit with straight grooves along its length that remove small rock pieces
- Jargon
A position on rings or parallel bars with the body straight and arms at the sides
- Specialized
A life insurance plan with the same yearly payment you make that covers you for your whole life
- Specialized
A large vein in the outer covering of the brain that carries blood from deep brain veins
- Specialized
An attack in fencing where you lunge forward, keeping your back leg straight and your sword arm outstretched
- Specialized
In American football, pushing a defender away by holding the arm straight
- Informal
A check to see if you can keep a serious face when something is funny
- Specialized
A tool with straight grooves that help remove dust and chips while making holes in hard rock or masonry
- Informal
Direct and honest in speech that does not hide what you think
- Specialized
A way of charging the same cost each year for an asset that loses value
How Direct
Surface Forms
Etymology
Straight used as an adverb for speaking plainly comes from the same idea of being direct, so to speak straight is to say things clearly and without avoiding them.