shoot\ straight

shoot\ straight
• straight shooter
• square shooter
• shoot straight
• shoot square
v informal
To act fairly; deal honestly.

You can trust that salesman; he shoots straight with his customers.

We get along well because we always shoot square with each other.

• straight shooter • square shooter
noun informal
Bill is a square-shooter.

Словарь американских идиом. — СПб., Изд-во "Лань". . 1997.

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