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Definitions

straight and narrow

NOUN

right conduct

Synonyms

WEAK

honesty integrity moral integrity morality proper conduct righteousness

Example Sentences

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"So they're trying to change people's behaviour, try to get them on the straight and narrow and maybe get them back into work and just become a somewhat normal citizen."

From BBC • May 18, 2026

Nothing like a close call, a brush with doom, to scare you into staying on the straight and narrow.

From Salon • May 11, 2025

Houlahan and Curtis decided to focus on oncogenes, normal genes that, when mutated, can free a cell from regulatory pathways meant to keep it on the straight and narrow.

From Science Daily • May 30, 2024

It’s an absurd practice, but I go on anyway, pressing him as to why he never got on the straight and narrow sooner.

From Seattle Times • Nov. 23, 2023

I was trying so hard to be on the straight and narrow.

From "The Book of Unknown Americans" by Cristina Henríquez