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shot someone straight

shot someone straight is the simple past and past participle 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 shot someone straight

What is shot someone straight the simple past and past participle of?
Shot someone straight is the simple past and past participle of shoot someone straight.

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