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straight off

British  

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
straight off Idioms  

  1. 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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Her catastrophically timed and shockingly slow run in the event she usually owns dropped her two-woman U.S. team from first down to fourth place and straight off the podium.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 10, 2026

At its simplest, freshly cut corn straight off the cob is perfectly delectable.

From Salon • Aug. 5, 2025

I punched it straight off the lot, this Hummer with only two motors and only 570 horsepower, which didn’t matter much, because traffic was a knot and we could barely move.

From Slate • Jun. 22, 2025

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

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 29, 2024

The bracelet must have come loose when I’d shaken it and dropped straight off my wrist.

From "How to Disappear Completely" by Ali Standish

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