English Explanatory Dictionary

straight and narrow

English dictionary entry

Meanings

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

Word forms

straight and narrow strait and narrow

Etymology

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

Related words

walk in straight lines
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