Usually means: Honest, straightforward, and morally upright.
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We found 20 dictionaries that define the word straight arrow:

General (18 matching dictionaries)
  1. straight arrow: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. straight-arrow, straight arrow: Merriam-Webster
  3. straight arrow: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. straight arrow: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. straight-arrow, straight-arrow, straight arrow: Collins English Dictionary
  6. straight arrow: Vocabulary.com
  7. straight-arrow: Wordnik
  8. straight arrow: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  9. straight arrow: Wiktionary
  10. straight arrow: Infoplease Dictionary
  11. straight-arrow, straight arrow: Dictionary.com
  12. Straight Arrow: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  13. straight arrow: Rhymezone
  14. straight arrow: FreeDictionary.org
  15. straight arrow: Mnemonic Dictionary
  16. straight-arrow, straight arrow: TheFreeDictionary.com

Slang (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. straight arrow: Green’s Dictionary of Slang
  2. straight arrow: Urban Dictionary

(Note: See straight_arrows as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (straight arrow)

noun:  (US, informal) Someone who behaves according to conventional standards; one noted for honesty and integrity.
noun:  Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see straight, arrow.

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