STRAIGHT AND NARROW


Meaning of STRAIGHT AND NARROW in English

Function: noun

Etymology: probably alteration of strait and narrow; from the admonition of Mount 7:14(AV), “ strait is the gate and narrow is the way which leadeth unto life ”

Date: 1930

: the way of propriety and rectitude ― used with the

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