straight arrow

noun

Definition of straight arrownext
as in wet blanket

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Recent Examples of straight arrow Good student, good football player, straight arrow. — Dana O’Neil, CNN Money, 17 Jan. 2026 Purdy was such a straight arrow as a kid, his worst transgressions were playing doorbell ditch, Patchett said. — Julia Prodis Sulek, The Mercury News, 10 Feb. 2024 Calvano will play Joni, Ginger’s daughter, and a budding lawyer who’s a super straight arrow. — Rosy Cordero, Deadline, 9 Apr. 2026 David, the straight arrow of the two, is played by Eisenberg in a baseball cap as a vintage Jesse character — earnest and uptight, with a compressed delivery that expresses his nervous nature, yet this is no millennial Woody Allen caricature. — Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 21 Jan. 2024 See All Example Sentences for straight arrow
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  1. wet blanket
  2. prude
Noun
  • But the rivalry between these teams runs deep, and the Penguins tried hard to throw a wet blanket on the Capitals' playoff hopes and Ovechkin's big day.
    — CBS News, CBS News, 12 Apr. 2026
  • Regardless, the new hard-line stance on playing time was a wet blanket tossed onto an overachieving team.
    — Dieter Kurtenbach, Mercury News, 23 Mar. 2026
Definition of wet blanket
Noun
  • Martha didn’t want to be a prude.
    — Cassandra Neyenesch, New Yorker, 29 Mar. 2026
  • In fact, the prudes among us might need hand fans.
    — Sandra Gonzalez, CNN Money, 3 Oct. 2025
Definition of prude

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“Straight arrow.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/straight%20arrow. Accessed 7 Jul. 2026.

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