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right away

adv

without delay; immediately or promptly

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Adv.	1.	right away - without delay or hesitation; with no time intervening; "he answered immediately"; "found an answer straightaway"; "an official accused of dishonesty should be suspended forthwith"; "Come here now!" forthwith, immediately, instantly, like a shot, at once, straight off, straightaway, directly, now
	2.	right away - at once (usually modifies an undesirable occurrence); "he promptly forgot the address" promptly

right away

adverb immediately, now, directly, promptly, instantly, at once, right off, straightaway, without delay, without hesitation, straight off (informal), forthwith, pronto (informal), this instant, posthaste He wants to see you right away.

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at once
directly
forthwith
immediately
instantly

right off
straight away
straight off
straightaway

By Heaven, I will take stick and knapsack and walk right away from my own front door, right away where the road leads, and see what happens.

The Quest of the Golden Girl by le Gallienne, Richard View in context

The frost was working out of the ground, and out of the air, too, and it was getting closer and closer onto barefoot time every day; and next it would be marble time, and next mumbletypeg, and next tops and hoops, and next kites, and then right away it would be summer and going in a-swimming.

Tom Sawyer Detective by Twain, Mark View in context

I knew right away that there was the place I'd been looking for all my life.

Moon and Sixpence by Maugham, W. Somerset View in context

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