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ˈstraightaˌway, a., n., and adv.
[The phrase straight away (see C below) used attrib.]
A. adj. Of a shot: Aimed at a bird flying ‘straight away’. Also said of the bird. Of a ride, a course in rowing or sailing: Continuous in direction and time; similarly of other courses or paths: direct, without bending or turning.
1874J. W. Long Amer. Wild-fowl i. 41 Straight-away shots they usually kill better than any others, because little or no calculation is required. 1883Standard 18 Jan. 3/7 Another straightaway row to Iffley was indulged in. 1889C. Lancaster Art of Shooting 72 Longer shots may be made at crossing than at straight-away birds. Ibid. 75 The Straightforward Shot. This class of shot may be considered under three headings—straight-away, high straight-away, and low straight-away shots. 1894Outing XXIV. 175/1 It was a straight-away gallop, our horses straining every nerve and muscle to the utmost. 1898Kipling in Morn. Post 5 Nov. 5/3 Once again we headed W.N.W...at an average speed of between thirteen and fourteen knots on a straightaway run of three hundred and fifty miles. 1903G. V. Hobart Out for Coin 89 Out of the chute in to the straightaway course they foamed, that heaving, seething mass of horseflesh. 1913Captain Sept. 1072/2 In straight-away flights even higher speeds have been established. 1977New Yorker 16 May 115/1 The fifteenth, a straightaway 490-yard par 5, can be reached with two big blows.
B. n. A straight course in rowing or sailing. Also, a straight section of a road or racecourse, etc. Cf. straight n. 3. Chiefly U.S.
1878C. Hallock Hallock's Amer. Club List & Sportsman's Gloss. p. xi, Straight-away, a straight course without a turn, for racing boats. 1895G. J. Manson Sporting Dict., Straightaway, a straight course without a turn for racing boats. 1909Century Dict. Suppl., Straightaway, a race-course which is without turn or curve; also a race which is run without turning or curving. 1926E. Hemingway In our Time xiii. 188 Finally they made the last turn and came into the straightaway. 1935Sun (Baltimore) 31 Jan. 11/6 On straightaways, Lieutenant Klein said, these pursuit planes made still higher speeds with the ‘100-octane’. 1954[see prop v.1 4]. 1957J. Kerouac On Road (1958) iii. ix. 234 A long Nebraskan straightaway. 1966J. Pearl Crucifixion of Pete McCabe (1967) iii. 30 Once they were on the wide main highway, McCabe relaxed... Donovan could not get in too much trouble on the straightaway. 1978L. Pryor Viper ii. 31, I backed off the throttle for the U-turn at the end of the straightaway.
C. adv. Also (esp. in earlier use) written as two words. Immediately, at once, without deliberation or preparation.
1662Tuke Adv. Five Hours i. (1663) 7 We Prisoners made, were hurri'd streight away To their Quarters. 1885P. M. Thornton Harrow Sch. 80 We read of a Mr. Thomas Page,..to whom was paid {pstlg}306. 16s. 6. straight away. 1910Sphere 20 Aug. p. vi/1 Radley flies a mile straight⁓away at a speed of 75 miles an hour. 1911Sir W. Ramsay in Expositor Apr. 360 He assumes straight away that the end of man and the aim of man's life is to be righteous. 1923Daily Mail 26 May 9 It was so evident that Evander had been badly hurt that he was straightaway withdrawn. 1948M. Laski Tory Heaven v. 65, I said straightaway..that I'd like to be a land-agent. 1978Church Times 23 June 14/1, I would confess straightaway that I have often envied my Anglican brethren when I was in the pastoral ministry. |