go straight to the point Definition

straight
adj straighter, straightest

1. Not curved, bent, curly or wavy, etc.

Example: straight hair
2. Without deviations or detours; direct.

Example: Is the picture straight?
Example: a straight posture
Example: a straight road
Thesaurus: level, plumb, vertical, perpendicular, upright, erect, even, unbent, unswerving; Antonym: bent, curved.
3. Level; horizontal; not sloping, leaning, or twisted.

Example: Is the picture straight?
Example: a straight posture
4. Frank; open; direct.

Example: a straight answer
5. Respectable; legitimate; not dishonest, disreputable, or criminal.

Example: a straight deal
Thesaurus: honest, good, reliable, honourable, decent, moral, upright, respectable, fair, equitable, just, straightforward; Antonym: dishonest, evasive.
6. Neat; tidy; in good order.
7. Successive; in a row.

Example: won three straight sets
8. Said of a drink, especially alcoholic: undiluted; neat.

Example: straight brandy
Thesaurus: undiluted, pure, unmixed, unadulterated, concentrated, plain; Antonym: diluted.
9. Having all debts and favours paid back.

Example: If you pay for the petrol, that'll make us straight
10. Not comic; serious.
11. colloq
Conventional in tastes and opinions.
12. colloq
Heterosexual.
13a. slang
Not under the influence of drugs, alcohol, etc;
13b. slang
Not in the habit of being under the influence of drugs, alcohol, etc.

adverb

1. In or into a level, upright, etc position or posture

Example: Is the picture hung straight?
2. Following an undeviating course; directly.

Example: went straight home
Example: looked her straight in the eye
3. Immediately.

Example: I'll come round straight after work
4. Honestly; frankly.

Example: told him straight that it was over
Thesaurus: candidly, directly, frankly, honestly, outspokenly, point-blank.
5. Seriously.

Example: played the part straight

noun

1. A straight line or part, eg of a race track.

Example: doing 150mph down the straight
2a. Someone who is conventional in their tastes and opinions;
2b. colloq
Someone who is not in the habit of being under the influence of drugs, alcohol, etc.
3. colloq
A heterosexual person.
4a. poker.
A running sequence of five cards, irrespective of suit;
4b. poker.
A hand of this kind. Compare flush³.

Derivative: straightish
adj

Derivative: straightly
adverb

Derivative: straightness
noun

Idiom: get straight to the point (go straight to the point)

To discuss the important topic without any digressions.

Idiom: go straight

colloq
To stop taking part in criminal activities and live an honest life.

Idiom: keep a straight face

To hold back from laughing.

Idiom: put someone straight

To let them know the way things really stand.
Thesaurus: inform, explain to, re-educate, disabuse, correct.

Idiom: straight away

Immediately.
Thesaurus: immediately, directly, at once, instantly, presently, now, right away, there and then, this minute; Antonym: eventually.

Idiom: straight off

Without thinking, researching, etc.
Example: couldn't say straight off

Idiom: straight out

Without any equivocation; bluntly.
Example: asked her straight out if she was seeing someone else

Derivative: straight talking
noun

colloq
Conversation that is to the point and without any hidden agenda.

Derivative: straight-talking
adj

colloq
Characterized by a lack of guile.
Example: a straight-talking guy

Idiom: straight up

colloq
Honestly; really.

Idiom: the straight and narrow

The honest, respectable, sober, etc way of life or behaving.

Etymology: Anglo-Saxon streht, from streccan to stretch.

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A word sometimes confused with this one is strait.