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right away
adverb
- without delay; immediately or promptly
Idioms and Phrases
Also, right off . Without delay, immediately, as in Can you bring our dinners right away? We're in a hurry , or We liked her right off . This idiom uses right as an intensifier and away in the sense of 鈥渁t once,鈥 the latter usage dating from the 1500s and surviving only in such phrases as this one and fire away . It was first recorded in 1818. Also see right off the bat .Example Sentences
He recalled that, when producer Eliza Lumley first called him about the project, he not only immediately replied with "a very fast 'yes please'", but began writing music for the show right away.
We don鈥檛 see Harvey in a suit right away and I would imagine that鈥檚 what helps you get there.
鈥淲e hit it off right away,鈥 Barker said of her early conversations with Roberts.
The festivities officially launch May 16, although not all offerings will be available right away.
鈥淭hey were fantastic. They got me in right away, got me right into surgery. The after-care was phenomenal,鈥 he said.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from 亚洲网紅露点 Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, 漏 Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage庐 Idioms Dictionary copyright 漏 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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