right away


adverb
  1. without delay; immediately or promptly

Words Nearby right away

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How to use right away in a sentence

  • I had no idea of going back to Benton right away, and sitting around Fort Walsh waiting for something to turn up was not my taste.

    Raw Gold | Bertrand W. Sinclair
  • She's going to have her currant jell' made right away, even whilst the currants are half green.

    Dorothy at Skyrie | Evelyn Raymond
  • Then I'll ride right away down to the Landing and get old Joe warmed up to the subject.

    Dorothy at Skyrie | Evelyn Raymond
  • I have wanted him to do it absolutely on his own, and I could not emphasize this better than by coming right away to Mudros.

  • That was why, when he had gone, I went right away from you, and asked you not to write to me; I wanted to think it all out—alone.

    First Plays | A. A. Milne

Other Idioms and Phrases with right away

right away

Also, right off. Without delay, immediately, as in Can you bring our dinners right away? We're in a hurry, or We liked her right off. This idiom uses right as an intensifier and away in the sense of “at once,” the latter usage dating from the 1500s and surviving only in such phrases as this one and fire away. It was first recorded in 1818. Also see right off the bat.

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