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keep to the straight and narrow

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keep to the straight and narrow
Fig. to behave properly and correctly; to stay out of trouble. If you keep to the straight and narrow, you can't help but win in the end. I always keep to the straight and narrow.
See also: and, keep, narrow, straight


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Pressure on Milingo to keep to the straight and narrow goes back to 1969 when he was appointed archbishop of Lusaka and the head of the Catholic Church in Zambia.
As Affleck's character tries to keep to the straight and narrow, he is constantly fighting his natural impulses.
What is admirable about the volume is the extent to which virtually every writer was able to keep to the straight and narrow path of careful analysis, as distinguished from commentaries that seek to advance one political position or another.
 
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