straight away

Meaning

1. Oxford86% of films

   immediately; without delay

   Straight away, sir.

In the movies · 7

• I propose we go straight away.Living2022
• Uh, do you want to get married again straight away, Sally, or do you like being single?Husbands and Wives1992
• Straight away, sir.A Shot in the Dark1964
• Straight away. They thrive on silence.Roald Dahl's Matilda the Musical2022
• Well, as I'll be posting these straight away...The Golden Compass2007
• We're moving the girl to Bristol straight away.Children of Men2006
• Long straight-away, hemmed in by poplars, Top gear.Ford v Ferrari2019
• She said she'd be able to start paying straight away...The Wind That Shakes the Barley2006

Learn it in full scenes

• Husbands and Wives1992
  • Jack and Sally Announce a Split
  • Gabe and Judy's Late-Night Talk
  • Sally Calls Jack During a Date
• A Shot in the Dark1964
  • Clouseau Investigates the Pistol Pen
  • Clouseau Interrogates Maria
  • Dreyfus Takes Over the Case

From the same entry

• go straight
• play it straight
• straight from the shoulder
• straight off
• straight up
• hit in the eye
• from the horse's mouth
• think straight
• get straight
• put straight
• straight A's
• the straight and narrow

More idioms

• ahead of your time
• be staring in the face
• be written all over face
• come along for the ride
• do your own thing
• drink like a fish
• err on the side of
• fly in the face of
• get under skin
• have eyes in the back of your head
• have your feet on the ground
• have your work cut out