单词 | straight and narrow |
释义 | straight and narrowSEE SYNONYMS FOR straight and narrow ON THESAURUS.COM nounthe way of virtuous or proper conduct: After his release from prison, he resolved to follow the straight and narrow. Origin of straight and narrowFirst recorded in 1945–50 Words nearby straight and narrowstraggle, straggly, straight, straight A, straight-ahead, straight and narrow, straight angle, straight-arm, straight arm lift, straight arrow, straight as an arrow Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for straight and narrow
British Dictionary definitions for straight and narrowstraight and narrow nouninformal the proper, honest, and moral path of behaviour Word Origin for straight and narrowperhaps an alteration of strait and narrow, an allusion to Matthew 7:14: ``strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life'' Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 |
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