straight from the shoulder
straight adverb sense 4

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straight from the shoulder
[American]
if you speak straight from the shoulder, you speak directly and honestly.
I gave it to him straight from the shoulder. 'You're talking garbage,' I said.

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straight-from-the-shoulder
[American]
straight from the shoulder - if you speak straight from the shoulder, you speak directly and honestly.
Then he spoke and it was his usual straight-from-the-shoulder performance.

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straight from the shoulder
an open and honest way of speaking
He was speaking straight from the shoulder when he told the workers about the possible factory closing.

My friend always speaks straight from the shoulder.

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straight from the shoulder
adv. phr., informal In an open and honest way of speaking; without holding back anything because of fear or politeness or respect for someone's feelings; frankly.
John asked what he had done wrong. Bob told him straight from the shoulder.
The candidate for Congress spoke out against his opponent's dishonesty straight from the shoulder.
Antonym: PULL ONE'S PUNCHES.

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