right away en · ADV
Pronunciation
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Meanings
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(idiomatic, not-comparable) Very soon; quickly; immediately.
This item is urgent, so please start on it right away.
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(dated, not-comparable) The traditional call to the driver of a train or other conveyance intimating that it is safe to move off immediately.
The locomotive was the now inevitable American 2-8-0, No. 2623. There she stood, effectively blocking the level crossing, simmering gently, massively inert. It was almost dark, and one's final sight was of her high, firelit cab, the enginemen nonchalantly leaning out, waiting for the right-away, while impatient road convoys piled up on both sides of the crossing.
1945 January and February, “Notes and News: American Locomotives in France”, in Railway Magazine, page 46:As we stood waiting for the departure time with the setting sun twinkling on the great brass dome of our 2-4-0, the sound of church bells was the only one apart from the measured tread of the guard slowly pacing towards his van, and, standing at an open window, I more than once heard the fireman's "Right away!" to his mate in acknowledgement of a desultory wave of the unfurled green flag.
1955 January, R. S. McNaught, “From the Severn to the Mersey by Great Western”, in Railway Magazine, page 19:
- (not-comparable) Eggcorn of right of way.
Deriveds
Synonyms
immediately · forthwith · tout de suite · right now · now · instantly · at once · without delay · straight away
Translations (96)
fi saman tien (very soon) · gl axiña (very soon) · ru то́тчас (very soon) · ajp على طول (very soon) · afb عَلَطُول (very soon) · pl natychmiast (very soon) · fi oikopäätä (very soon) · arz على طول (very soon) · cmn 馬上 /马上 (very soon) · ru сию́ мину́ту (very soon) · ar مُبَاشَرَةً (very soon) · ru сра́зу (very soon) · tg якбора (very soon) · nv haneetehee (very soon) · ko 즉시 (very soon) · ro direct (very soon) · el τάκα-τάκα (very soon) · hi तुरंत (very soon) · tr derhal (derhâl) (very soon) · he מיד (very soon) · da straks (very soon) · pt direto (very soon) · arz حَالًا (very soon) · fa بلافاصله (very soon) · it subito (very soon) · hi फ़ौरन (very soon) · cmn 立刻 (very soon) · fr sur le champ (very soon) · yi תּיכּף (very soon) · izh järkenää (very soon) · pl od razu (very soon) · pdt fuaz (very soon) · chy sé'ea'e (very soon) · gd anns a' bhad (very soon) · pt na hora (very soon) · ur فوراً (very soon) · gl decontado (very soon) · it al più presto (very soon) · fa فوراً (very soon) · ajp حالا (very soon) · ajp طوالي (very soon) · tg фавран (very soon) · eo tuj (very soon) · izh järestää (very soon) · arz قوام (very soon) · gd sa bhad (very soon) · sv på en gång (very soon) · es enseguida (very soon) · ia immediatemente (very soon) · ru сейча́с же (very soon) · fr tout de suite (very soon) · de sofort (very soon) · ha nan take (very soon) · th ทันที (very soon) · arz تـَوّاً َ (very soon) · ro imediat (very soon) · izh hetin (very soon) · ca tot d'una (very soon) · th ทันใด (very soon) · uk відра́зу (very soon) · fi heti (very soon) · chr ᎲᎴᏊ (very soon) · ar حَالًا (very soon) · hu máris (very soon) · sv med en gång (very soon) · es sin demora (very soon) · ru сейча́с (very soon) · pt imediatamente (very soon) · cs rovnou (very soon) · ko 곧 (very soon) · io quik (very soon) · sv på direkten (very soon) · ar فَوْرًا (very soon) · fr aussi sec (very soon) · el αμέσως (very soon) · ro neîntârziat (very soon) · hu nyomban (very soon) · be адра́зу (very soon) · ia jam (very soon) · ga láithreach bonn (very soon) · uk за́раз (very soon) · acw على طول (very soon) · fr séance tenante (very soon) · ja すぐ (very soon) · gl deseguida (very soon) · ajp قوام (very soon) · es inmediatamente (very soon) · arz مُبَاشَرَةً (very soon) · gl inmediatamente (very soon) · sv genast (very soon) · hu rögtön (very soon) · hu azonnal (very soon) · es al tiro (very soon) · sv ögonblickligen (very soon) · it immediatamente (very soon) · ca en el moment (very soon)