straight-up

Example Sentences

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“Since then, we’ve been straight up and to the right. This has been the first test of the bull thesis.”

From MarketWatch

Kelly also tried to paint Protasiewicz as soft on crime, citing cases she handled as a judge, while also accusing her of “straight up lying” throughout the campaign on various issues.

From Seattle Times

Eventually they were like, “Well, it was probably maybe 15 centimeters,” which is just straight up smaller than anyone would expect a juvenile goblin shark to be.

From Slate

“And we were straight up. We told them, ‘There is no catch.

From Los Angeles Times

This should, by any measure, be straight up illegal, because the First Amendment's non-establishment clause means "tax dollars are not supposed to support religious institutions."

From Salon