straight off

adverb

: at once : immediately

Synonyms of straight off

• immediately
• promptly
• instantly
• now
• directly
• right off
• right away
• right

Examples of straight off in a Sentence

I told her straight off that I was not going to do that.

Recent Examples on the Web

Fashion Month only ended yesterday, but Emma D’Arcy has already snatched one of the season’s hottest looks straight off the runway. — Hannah Jackson, Vogue, 7 Oct. 2026

The hotel sits right on the scoop of Chrysou bay, great for scuba diving straight off the shore. — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 6 Oct. 2026

There has been at least one instance in which a driver got into a heated argument with her passengers, pulled over, kicked them out, and then, in full view of everybody, accelerated straight off the edge, to her death. — Peter Hessler, New Yorker, 28 Sep. 2026

The beautifully spacious production adds Depeche Mode synth burbles, Phil Spector-style girl-group castanets, and piano frills straight off an Abba record. — Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 18 Sep. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1825, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for straight off

• ashraf
• checkoff
• cutoff
• falloff
• handoff
• kickoff
• layoff
• liftoff
• markoff
• markov
• payoff
• playoff