Synonyms

straight off

British

adverb

informal without deliberation or hesitation

tell me the answer straight off

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straight off Idioms

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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straight off

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

In a move straight off the training field, Alex Callender picked up from the base of a solid scrum before Keira Bevan created space for full-back Metcalfe to charge through.

From BBC ● Jul. 26, 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

Later, when Pamela and I retreated to the garden to devour the candy, she asked why I hadn’t done what Mandy wanted straight off.

From "Ella Enchanted" by Gail Carson Levine

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