Definition of "straightaway" [straightaway]

• Extending in a straight line or course without a curve or turn. (adjective)
• Unhesitating; immediate: a straightaway denial. (adjective)
• A straight course, stretch, or track. (noun)
• At once; immediately. (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.

• "You want to go out and play again straightaway to put things right."
• "In appointing Ince he said: "He had some big ideas [Guv'nors do] and was ready to get stuck in straightaway" – nothing new there, though it turned out otherwise and, as Ince said on Friday: "I am going to have to sit with the chairman, which is not the best position for me.""
• "Olympic teammate Mike Day says after the start, Bennett's first straightaway is out of control."