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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

He could have ridden straight off the pages of one of her Rutshire Chronicles books.

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He popped straight off the high jump mat after clearing the 1.97-meter bar and jumped into Townsend’s arms.

"When he hit a three-wood and it came whistling straight off the face right at the bunker, there was a good chance it was going to go in."

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"If something happens, a female welfare officer will go to that location straight off," said Mark McEvoy of Novus Leisure, which owns Tiger Tiger.

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France run a first phase move straight off the training paddock to feed Marine Menager out wide.

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