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idiomkeep sb on the straight and narrowto make someone live in an honest or moral way, especially if they have not always done this:Davies said that it was the support of his wife, Jeanine, that helped him kick his cocaine addiction and kept him on the straight and narrow.Bill Wickson was a well-loved teacher, and many a young truant returned to the straight and narrow under his firm yet compassionate influence.opposite stray/slip from the straight and narrow: David Mellor is not the only politician who's ever slipped from the straight and narrow, so I don't understand why so much fuss is being made.
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