right away

British  

adverb

1. without delay; immediately or promptly

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right away Idioms  

1. 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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Example Sentences

“She doesn’t know my dad wants it to happen right away.”

From Literature

That’s not to say the significance of his lecture was always clear right away.

From The Wall Street Journal

She said: “Do you think—if I’d agreed to take the potion, right away—if I hadn’t run away—if I’d known more—I wouldn’t have lost him?”

From Literature

Now he gets back to friends right away.

From Los Angeles Times

But the sellers of those chips and servers at companies B, C and D report the revenue and profit right away.

From The Wall Street Journal

Related Words

• immediately