Phrase guide
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adj
Completely or totally straight.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
Qualifier: simile
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
History
* Used in the sense of ‘correct,’ attested since April, 1871, originally American English, from the 18th-century expression as true as a die, from the 16th-century expression as smooth as a die, referring to the osseous substance that dice were formerly created with. * Possibly connected with, or confused with, the metal-cutting tool called a die.
