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shoots someone straight

shoots someone straight is the third-person singular simple present indicative of shoot someone straight.

Meaning of shoot someone straight

Verb

shoot someone straight (third-person singular simple present shoots someone straight, present participle shooting someone straight, simple past and past participle shot someone straight)

  1. (slang, transitive) To treat or deal honestly with; be truthful and upfront with.
    • I left that meeting thinking well, you know, he shot me straight. He told me more or less where my future lies in academia, which is being average, and that is a perfectly noble pursuit.2014, Sebastian Gutierrez, Data Scientists at Work, page 115

Questions about shoots someone straight

What is shoots someone straight the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Shoots someone straight is the third-person singular simple present indicative of shoot someone straight.

Words near shoots someone straight in the dictionary

  1. shoots one's mouth off
  2. shoots one's shot
  3. shoots one's wad
  4. shoots oneself in the foot
  5. shoots out
  6. shoots someone straight
  7. shoots the boots
  8. shoots the breeze
  9. shoots the bull
  10. shoots the cat
  11. shoots the five

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