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scared straight
vb. (en-pastscare straight)
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Scared Straight (disambiguation)
Scared Straight! is a 1978 documentary film and a type of juvenile rehabilitation program named for it.
Scared Straight may also refer to:
- Scared Straight (band), an American punk band, now known as Ten Foot Pole
- Scared Straight, an album by New Bomb Turks
- "Scared Straight", a song by The Long Winters from When I Pretend to Fall
- Scared Straight, a recurring sketch on Saturday Night Live
Usage examples of "scared straight".
Sheriff Dowdy read Jason a lecture that had him scared straight, at least for a while.
Death should be used as a motivator, a form of scared Straight, it is fundemental to the program.