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| right away |
| 1. adv. Very soon; quickly; immediately. |
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| This item is urgent, so please start on it right away. |
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| 2. adv. (dated) The traditional call to the driver of a train or other conveyance intimating that it is safe to move off immediately. |
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| right |
| 1. adj. (archaic) Straight, not bent. |
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| a right line |
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| 2. adj. (geometry) Of an angle, having a size of 90 degrees, or one quarter of a complete rotation; the angle between two perpendicular lines. |
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| The kitchen counter formed a right angle with the back wall. |
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| 3. adj. (geometry) Of a geometric figure, incorporating a right angle between edges, faces, axes, etc. |
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| away |
| 1. adv. From a place, hence. |
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| He went away on vacation. |
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| 2. adv. Aside; off; in another direction. |
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| 3. adv. From a state or condition of being; out of existence. |
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| 4. adv. (as imperative, by ellipsis) Come away; go away; take away. |
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