Meaning

4 senses

  1. (informal, not comparable)Truthfully; honestly.

  2. (informal, not comparable)Unambiguously; bluntly; plainly and directly.

    She told me straight up that she didn't want to go, then surprised me by coming.

    She straight up hates him.

  3. (not comparable, slang)To the utmost degree; really.

    Wow, this food is straight up delicious.

  4. (not comparable)Of an alcoholic drink, chilled (stirred or shaken over ice) and strained before being served in a cocktail glass, with no ice.

    Gimme a margarita, straight up.

Examples

18 sentences

  1. Tom came straight up to me.

    Том пішов відразу до мене. — deniko

    CM · Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · A2Open on TatoebaReport a problem

  2. He came straight up to me.

    CK · Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · A1Open on TatoebaReport a problem

  3. He straight up murdered that guy.

    ruОн просто взял и убил этого парня. — marafon · CC BY 2.0 FR

    shekitten · Tatoeba · CC0 · A2Open on TatoebaReport a problem

  4. They straight up lie numerous times.

    rul · Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · B2Open on TatoebaReport a problem

  5. The wind made the windsock point straight up.

    Amastan · Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · C2Open on TatoebaReport a problem

Translations

1 languages

Origin

From Middle English streight up (“straight, erect, not curved or crooked, direct, honest”)

From Middle English streight up (“straight, erect, not curved or crooked, direct, honest”), equivalent to straight + up.

Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0 · source

Synonyms

2 synonyms
upA2straightA1

Antonyms

1 antonyms
alcoholic drink:on the rocks

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
straightA2straightenB2straightforwardB2strainB1

Dictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.

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