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Definition of "straight off" []

  • At once; immediately: discovered straight off that the furnace wasn't working. (adverb)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "straight off" in a sentence
  • "They went straight off in the direction of the pine-woods on the east side of the Misty Mountains, where we had our pleasant little party with the Wargs the night before last."
  • "She wore an outfit straight off the pages of Vogue, a gold glittery number usually reserved for celebrities on red carpetssomething Nia would never wear in a million years, not even for Halloween."
  • "This wasn't a silhouette which can be easily imagined walking straight off the catwalk and down the Rue Cambon as some Chanel collections can, but the difficult length gave the models a pleasingly confident swagger rather than a sexy strut."