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straight-shooting

adjective
  1. Informal. Having or marked by uprightness in principle and action: good, honest, honorable, incorruptible, righteous, true, upright, upstanding. Idiom: on the up-and-up (or up and up). See honest
  2. Informal. Manifesting honesty and directness, especially in speech: candid, direct, downright, forthright, frank, honest, ingenuous, man-to-man, open, plainspoken, straight, straightforward, straight-out, unreserved. Informal: straight-from-the-shoulder. See clear, show
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