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walk a straight line

verb

Definitions

  1. To behave in a proper and lawful manner

    To behave in a proper and lawful manner; to obey the rules and expectations of society.

    • He expected a felonious client, rewarded with four and a quarter million instead of jail time, to be grateful and thereafter to walk a straight line.
    • He wanted to do the right thing. He was trying his hardest to walk a straight line and stay out of the game, but nobody was willing to give him a break.

  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically

    Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see walk, straight, line.

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