go straight

Example Sentences

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If you go straight to the boss you might violate a team norm, and turn everyone against you.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 1, 2026

His heart is with the strivers who find that our K-shaped economy makes it impossible to go straight.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 18, 2026

That’s a reversal from earlier in the year, when Elon Musk called the moon a “distraction,” preferring to go straight to Mars.

From Barron's • Feb. 9, 2026

“Once you start seeing the chart go straight up, then you have to think it’s almost a loaded weapon.”

From MarketWatch • Feb. 1, 2026

He looks at the sky and says only the one sentence: “I would go straight on with the harvesting.”

From "All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel" by Erich Maria Remarque