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straight-from-the-shoulder

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It was no good trying some tricky approach; his best bet was the straight-from-the-shoulder bit.

"Very well, sir," said Colin, a little taken aback by this straight-from-the-shoulder statement.

They were straight-from-the-shoulder remarks, or, as he called them, they were “brass tacks.”

It was all straight-from-the-shoulder kind of talk, garbed in homely phrase.

The Cubans and the officers of the company alike came in for a good deal of straight-from-the-shoulder Yankee criticism.

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On this page you'll find 49 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to straight-from-the-shoulder, such as: aboveboard, apparent, artless, bare-faced, blunt, and bold.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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