straight off

adverb

: at once : immediately

Examples of straight off in a Sentence

I told her straight off that I was not going to do that.
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The British supermodel later popped up on the front row at Dolce & Gabbana, where designers Domenico Dolce and Stefano Gabbana opened the doors of their HQ and had models walk straight off the runway out onto a makeshift catwalk on the street. Scarlett Conlon, CNN, 4 Mar. 2025 Julianne Hough kicked things off in an elegant light beige ethereal look straight off the Christian Dior spring 2025 runway. Leanne Italie, Chicago Tribune, 2 Mar. 2025 Elsewhere, the commuter ebike sports a torque sensor in the bottom bracket for snappy response straight off the starting line. Paul Ridden, New Atlas, 27 Feb. 2025 Her statement tweed coat, straight off of the Chanel runway, costs $9,600. Nicol Natale, People.com, 21 Jan. 2025 See All Example Sentences for straight off

Word History

First Known Use

1825, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of straight off was in 1825

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“Straight off.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/straight%20off. Accessed 10 Mar. 2025.

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