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right off
adverb
- immediately; right away
Idioms and Phrases
see right away .Example Sentences
Sometimes it’s hard to know the difference right off, but a critical mass of legit opposition is bigger and broader than a vetocracy.
"Why didn't the police service help these families right off the bat, and why didn't the previous provincial government want to help these families right off the bat," she said.
It’s like water on a parking lot or the surface of a playground slide, he said: “When the rainfall hits it, it just runs right off. … The rapid runoff from these bare hill slopes can quickly pick up sediment, and that can transform into a really nasty debris flow.â€
Drizzle that same oil over fish right off the grill – the heat from the fish extracts an entirely different and oh-so-delicious flavor palate.
Zoe Saldaña, Karla SofÃa Gascón and Selena Gomez belt about their emotions plenty — their performances, particularly Saldana’s, are genuinely good — but the movie’s Teflon slickness lets all their big feelings about transformation and love and loyalty slide right off.
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