go straight

idiom

informal

: to stop being a criminal

He left the gang and promised himself that he would go straight.

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The top two regular season finishers have a bye for the first round of the playoffs and will go straight into the league semi-finals in round two of the MLP playoffs, set for Orlando the third week of November. —

Todd Boss, Forbes, 31 Oct. 2024 Looking like a love child between an elliptical and a StairMaster—your feet stay on the pedals the whole time, but just go straight up and down rather than in arcs—the viral gadget is compact, portable, and typically pretty budget-friendly. —

Jennifer Heimlich, SELF, 16 Oct. 2024 Republicans, McCracken says, go straight for tax cuts and slashing regulations. —

Brandon Kochkodin, Forbes, 1 Nov. 2024 But when people found out the wall would go straight through critical butterfly habitat, everything changed. —

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