go straight
Example Sentences
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"It is not a taught bat swing. Batters go straight up and straight down - a linear path. This is more circular and wristy."
From BBC • May 7, 2026
“If you adjust your W-4 so your paycheck more closely matches what you actually owe, you increase your monthly cash flow immediately. That extra few hundred dollars can go straight into savings or investing.”
From MarketWatch • Mar. 20, 2026
The foreign minister said that if negotiations were to resume, she didn't want to waste any time and wanted to go straight to the difficult chapters.
From Barron's • Mar. 6, 2026
If you go straight to the boss you might violate a team norm, and turn everyone against you.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 1, 2026
My hands go straight to my hips, and I’m so about to let Stacy Chin have such a big piece of my mind, it’ll flatten her, when Julia gives my elbow a tug.
From "A Good Kind of Trouble" by Lisa Moore Ramée
