straightaway
IPA: strˈeɪtʌweɪ
noun
- A straight section of a racetrack.
adjective
- Extending into the distance in a straight line.
adverb
- Alternative form of straight away (“at once; immediately”) [(idiomatic) Very soon; quickly; immediately.]
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Examples of "straightaway" in Sentences
- Please change this straightaway.
- I'd approve of this straightaway.
- A news stand was built straightaway.
- I'll get to work on it straightaway.
- And he straightaway withdrew the forum.
- But you removed it, almost straightaway.
- But it doesn't have to resume straightaway.
- Amzed it was not put up there straightaway.
- Any such attempt will be reverted straightaway.
- She returned his calls straightaway, feeling warm and girlish.
- His first race ended when his jalopy got stuck on the straightaway.
- You want to go out and play again straightaway to put things right.
- Olympic teammate Mike Day says after the start, Bennett's first straightaway is out of control.
- Monster in straightaway center field at Cinergy Field n Sept. 10, only the fourth player to clear it and the first Reds hitter to do so.
- Drew hit a line drive into the camera box in straightaway center field to give Boston a 4-0 lead, raising one fist as he rounded the bases.
- Werth drove reliever Joe Nelson's first pitch off the brick batter's eye in straightaway center to put the Phillies ahead 8-4 in the seventh.
- '' That was a heck of a game by Ben - there can't be too many guys that hit the ball out in straightaway center in this ballpark, '' Maddon said.
- Since the 40-foot high Black Monster wall was built in straightaway center at the start of last season, 393 feet from home plate, only three players have cleared it for home runs none of them Reds.
- In appointing Ince he said: "He had some big ideas [Guv'nors do] and was ready to get stuck in straightaway" – nothing new there, though it turned out otherwise and, as Ince said on Friday: "I am going to have to sit with the chairman, which is not the best position for me."
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