straight-shooting
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DeWitt also opened up about getting "kind of gross" for "Smile 2," returning to "And Just Like That…" as Aidan's straight-shooting ex-wife, and why she says she's not "the poster child for real women."
From Salon • Nov. 22, 2024
NBC is betting that some not insignificant portion of the huge audience for the debate will want somewhere to turn afterward, for context, relief, a good time and some straight-shooting.
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 10, 2024
His assessment of the performance against Cyprus was an exercise in straight-shooting.
From BBC • Mar. 26, 2023
Fukuyama has a modest, straight-shooting demeanor, but he can display a wry competitive streak.
From New York Times • May 10, 2022
They were all of the same mold—clean-cut, straight-shooting lads, their faces bronzed from the prairie sun, and their eyes as clear as the blue sky above them.
From The Boy Ranchers on Roaring River or Diamond X and the Chinese Smugglers by Hastings, Howard L. (Howard Livingston)