straight off

Questions about straight off

What does straight off mean?

straight off means "without delay or hesitation; with no time intervening".

What is another word for straight off?

Close synonyms include immediately, instantly, straightaway, directly, now. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is straight off a common word?

straight off is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.