walk a straight line
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.68 in modern English
28
Scrabble Score
17
Letters
3
Syllables
12
Unique Chars
Meaning
verb
Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see walk, straight, line.
Example Sentences
- "What if your mate forgives you and your broken promise? I know we've all heard statements from our mates such as: "Baby, don't worry about it. I forgive you. Let'x move on!” Well, here's the question, should we accept this statement as the truth; or should we keep in the back of our minds that the damage is already done? Here's when you must begin to walk a straight line continuously."
- "He expected a felonious client, rewarded with four and a quarter million instead of jail time, to be grateful and thereafter to walk a straight line."
- "He wanted to do the right thing. He was trying his hardest to walk a straight line and stay out of the game, but nobody was willing to give him a break."
- "You've read about this phenomenon, how people who are loast in the woods believe they are walking a straight line sometimes will keep veering off in one direction and eventually walk in a circle that brings them very close to where they started."