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Noun: straight arrow
Usage: N. Amer, informal
  1. A frank and honest person
    "Everyone trusted him because he was known as a straight arrow";
    - square shooter [N. Amer, informal], straight shooter [N. Amer, informal]
Adjective: straight-arrow  'streyt,a-row
Usage: N. Amer, informal
  1. Conventionally moral and upright in behavior
    "He was known as a straight-arrow businessman who never compromised his ethics"

Derived forms: straight arrows

See also: square, straight

Type of: good person