straight up
Open, frankOpen, frank.
Meaning
1 senses(not comparable)Open, frank.
More definitions
- (of an alcoholic drink) stirred or shaken with ice, but served without it
Examples
18 sentencesTom came straight up to me.
Том пішов відразу до мене. — deniko
He came straight up to me.
He straight up murdered that guy.
ruОн просто взял и убил этого парня. — marafon · CC BY 2.0 FR
They straight up lie numerous times.
The wind made the windsock point straight up.
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.
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See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary 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.