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walks in straight lines

walks in straight lines is the third-person singular simple present indicative of walk in straight lines.

Meaning of walk in straight lines

Verb

walk in straight lines (third-person singular simple present walks in straight lines, present participle walking in straight lines, simple past and past participle walked in straight lines)

  1. To adhere to a plan, protocol, or train of thought without any deviation or distraction; to stick to the straight and narrow.
    • "As I have mentioned some of the modern miracles of science and industry," he went on, "you have asked me how men ever managed to achieve them. This anecdote is my answer. . . . They walked in straight lines. . . . Each man had his 'pine tree' in the distance — his goal."1923, American Magazine - Volume 96, page 16
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see walk, straight, line.
    • When the principal installed typical no-excuses rules—mandates that students walk in straight lines between rooms or sit in silence if a teacher raises two fingers, for example—the atmosphere of the school apparently calmed and test scores went up.2015 March 17, Carly Berwick, “Zeroing out Zero Tolerance”, in The Atlantic

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Walks in straight lines is the third-person singular simple present indicative of walk in straight lines.

Words near walks in straight lines in the dictionary

  1. walks down
  2. walks free
  3. walks in
  4. walks in on
  5. walks in someone's shoes
  6. walks in straight lines
  7. walks in the park
  8. walks in the snow
  9. walks into
  10. walks it like one talks it
  11. walks like an Egyptian

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