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Definitions for straight and narrow

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Random House Webster's College Dictionary

straight′ and nar′row(n.)

  1. the way of virtuous or proper conduct.

Princeton's WordNet

  1. straight and narrow, strait and narrow(noun)

    the way of proper and honest behavior

    "he taught his children to keep strictly to the straight and narrow"

Wiktionary

  1. straight and narrow(Noun)

    A path of honesty; procedure according to rules and plans.

    2. Origin: Probably "strait and narrow," from Matthew 7:14

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