"shoot someone straight" meaning in English

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        "2": "straight shooter",
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        "t": "one who is honest and forthwith"
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  "etymology_text": "From shoot straight, meaning to \"aim correctly, aim right\". Compare also straight-shooter (“one who is honest and forthwith”).",
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      "form": "shoots someone straight",
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    {
      "form": "shooting someone straight",
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        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "shot someone straight",
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        "participle",
        "past"
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    },
    {
      "form": "shot someone straight",
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
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      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2014, Sebastian Gutierrez, Data Scientists at Work, page 115",
          "text": "I left that meeting thinking well, you know, he shot me straight. He told me more or less where my future lies in academia, which is being average, and that is a perfectly noble pursuit.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2018, Claire Cramphorn, The Dating Process: Alice",
          "text": "“Well,” I sat back smugly, “the first time we met you said you were going to shoot me straight, and you didn't. I have no time for that. If you're going to lie to me as soon as you open your mouth, then I don't want to know you.",
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        "To treat or deal honestly with; be truthful and upfront with."
      ],
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          "treat",
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          "deal",
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          "honestly",
          "honestly"
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        [
          "truthful",
          "truthful"
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          "upfront",
          "upfront"
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        "(transitive, slang) To treat or deal honestly with; be truthful and upfront with."
      ],
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  ],
  "word": "shoot someone straight"
}

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        "2": "straight shooter",
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      },
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      "name": "m"
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  ],
  "etymology_text": "From shoot straight, meaning to \"aim correctly, aim right\". Compare also straight-shooter (“one who is honest and forthwith”).",
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    {
      "form": "shoots someone straight",
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        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "shooting someone straight",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
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    },
    {
      "form": "shot someone straight",
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    },
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      "form": "shot someone straight",
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  "pos": "verb",
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        "Quotation templates to be cleaned"
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          "ref": "2014, Sebastian Gutierrez, Data Scientists at Work, page 115",
          "text": "I left that meeting thinking well, you know, he shot me straight. He told me more or less where my future lies in academia, which is being average, and that is a perfectly noble pursuit.",
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        },
        {
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        "To treat or deal honestly with; be truthful and upfront with."
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          "deal",
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          "honestly",
          "honestly"
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          "truthful",
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          "upfront",
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        "(transitive, slang) To treat or deal honestly with; be truthful and upfront with."
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  "word": "shoot someone straight"
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