straight row

collocation in English

meaningsofstraightandrow

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straight
adjective
adverb
uk
/streɪt/us
/streɪt/
continuing in one direction without bending ...
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row
noun
uk
/rəʊ/us
/roʊ/
a line of things, people, animals, etc. arranged next to ...
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(Definition ofstraightandrowfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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They have six eyes: four posterior in astraightrow, and two anterior.
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The bottom portion of the jaw contains small incisors that are in astraightrowwith a large, lower canine.
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The first two molars had cusps in astraightrow, eliminating the grinding function suggesting that they were strictly for gripping and not for chewing.
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The pueblos made of several rooms that formed astraightrowor in a crescent shape.
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To settle the bet, he told the croc-fish to line up in astraightrowacross the stait, so he can hop on and count the numbers.
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In field tests, the steering control performance was evaluated by the steering error while the tractor was traveling on either straight rows or on curved rows.
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We must be given a guarantee that care will be taken of apppearance and that we will not see just the cheapest trees planted in straight rows.
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Half the store had aisles that ran from the front of the store to the back in straight rows.
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A typical oware board has two straight rows of six pits, called houses, and optionally one large score house at either end.
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The valves are perforated by hexagonal areolae (pores) forming a radiating pattern of straight rows.
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Built in straight rows on either side of the street are residences and workshops, although brick-built drains and early period housing has disappeared.
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It makes seeding faster than by individually burying seeds, and also facilitates the creation of straight rows.
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The namghar is surrounded by four straight rows of huts, called "hati", in which monks ("bhakats") reside.
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Billitt is regarded as having a very practical style of gardening with large beds and straight rows of vegetables.
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The pitch was almost exactly square-shaped, with four straight rows of stands on all sides.
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Huts were constructed in straight rows.
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