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View synonyms for straight off

straight off

adverb

  1. informal.
    without deliberation or hesitation

    tell me the answer straight off

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Idioms and Phrases

Also, straight away . Immediately, as in I knew straight off that he was lying , or I'll get to the dishes straight away . The first term dates from the late 1700s, the variant from the mid-1600s.
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Example Sentences

You know Eileen is lovely when she is natural, and if she would be straight-off-the-bat square, I would be proud to be her sister.

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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023

Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.

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