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Collocations for straight - adj.

1. not bent or curved

VERBS

be, look
become
stay
keep sth
Keep the car straight when you're backing out.
hold sth
She held herself very straight.

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ADVERB

absolutely, completely, dead (esp. BrE), perfectly
Keep going in a dead-straight line.
His teeth were white and perfectly straight.
almost, more or less, nearly
fairly, relatively
naturally
She had curled her naturally straight hair.

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2. level/upright

VERBS

be, look
hang sth, put sth
Can you hang that sign straight for me?

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ADVERB

absolutely, completely, perfectly, quite
almost, more or less, nearly

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3. (esp. BrE) tidy/in order

VERBS

be
get sth, put sth
I'm trying to get the house straight before the weekend.
She tidied up and put the ornaments straight.
keep sth

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4. honest and truthful

VERBS

be
I think he was pretty straight with me.

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ADVERB

absolutely, completely, totally
fairly, pretty

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PREPOSITION

with
Are you being completely straight with her?

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5. clear/understood

VERBS

be
get sth
put sb (esp. BrE), set sb (esp. AmE)
She soon set me straight about what had happened.

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ADVERB

absolutely
Let's get this absolutely straight.

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Straight is used with these nouns:
actor, actress, answer, back, brandy, cut, edge, fight, friend, hair, line, man, marriage, month, nose, path, pin, question, reply, road, sex, skirt, stitch, stretch, swap, talk, ticket, tooth, victory, whisky, win, year

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Collocations for straight - adv.

Straight is used with these verbs:
aim, direct, shoot, sit, stand

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