Meaning of walk in straight lines | Babel Free

Definitions

1. To adhere to a plan, protocol, or train of thought without any deviation or distraction; to stick to the straight and narrow.
2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see walk, straight, line.

Examples

“"As I have mentioned some of the modern miracles of science and industry," he went on, "you have asked me how men ever managed to achieve them. This anecdote is my answer. . . . They walked in straight lines. . . . Each man had his 'pine tree' in the distance — his goal."”

“'Our established models of the public sphere are deeply rooted in a commitment to rational argument,' notes Graham Murdock (1999: 14), 'But images do not walk in straight lines. They do not wait to take turns. They work by association, detonating a collision of connotations.”

“Macaulay Culkin clean and sober is a good thing. He's walking in straight lines. He's not buckled over in pain and/or withdraws. Dare I say it, has Macaulay turned a new leaf?”

“Josh Navidi says his dad, Hedy, is a bit nuts, though he means it in the nicest way. Some walk in straight lines, Hedayat Rajai Navidi likes to go off on a tangent.”

“When the principal installed typical no-excuses rules—mandates that students walk in straight lines between rooms or sit in silence if a teacher raises two fingers, for example—the atmosphere of the school apparently calmed and test scores went up.”

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