draw a straight furrow

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draw a straight furrow (third-person singular simple present draws a straight furrow, present participle drawing a straight furrow, simple past drew a straight furrow, past participle drawn a straight furrow)

  1. (idiomatic) To live correctly or ethically, without deviating from the right line of duty.
    • 1846-1848, James Russell Lowell, The Biglow Papers:
      None could n't quicker pitch a ton
      Nor dror a furrer straighter

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