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straight out of the chute

straight out of the chute

8.9
Right from the start
  • idiom
  • Informal
translation icon : desde el principio
  • The book captures your attention straight out of the chute with a shocking first chapter.

Examples

  • They identified the major issues straight out of the chute rather than waiting until later meetings.

  • He made it clear straight out of the chute that he intended to lead the team.

  • She started the presentation straight out of the chute.

  • The team delivered results straight out of the chute!

  • He made it clear straight out of the chute that he intended to lead the team.

  • The book captures your attention straight out of the chute with a shocking first chapter.

  • They identified the major issues straight out of the chute rather than waiting until later meetings.

Synonyms

immediately
vsstraight out of the chute
∞ 1.0

At once without waiting

applies to doing something from the very beginning rather than at any time
right away
vsstraight out of the chute
960 1.0

Without any delay

means happening from the very beginning rather than simply immediate timing
directly
vsstraight out of the chute
163 1.0

Do something at once without delay

refers specifically to happening from the very beginning rather than simply occurring now
off the bat
vsstraight out of the chute
  • Informal
56 6.5

Right away without waiting

refers specifically to starting right from the very beginning
from the get-go
vsstraight out of the chute
  • Informal
52 6.6

Right from the very start

adds the sense of immediate direct start rather than gradual beginning
out of the gate
vsstraight out of the chute
23 5.6

Happens immediately at the start with strong energy or quick success

focuses on being from the beginning without stressing energetic performance
straightaway
vsstraight out of the chute
7 3.2

Without delay after something happens

describes starting right from the very beginning rather than general immediacy
from the word go
vsstraight out of the chute
  • Informal
3 5.3

From the very beginning of something

puts stronger emphasis on immediate direct action from the very start
straightway
vsstraight out of the chute
  • Archaic
6.6

Immediately without any delay

is about acting directly from the very start rather than mere immediacy

Antonyms

afterward
  • US
204 1.1

At a later time

How Early

straight out of the chute
  • Informal
8.9
from the get-go
  • Informal
52 6.6
later on
366 1.0

Surface Forms

straight out of the chute positive

Morphology

straight + out + of + the + chute

The phrase evokes a literal image of something moving 'straight out' of a sloped passage ('chute'), so a learner who knows the constituent words can map the spatial image onto a temporal sense of doing something immediately from the start. However, this is a conventionalized metaphor (and somewhat regionally American), so the temporal extension is not purely compositional and may require some pragmatic mapping, making it partially but not fully transparent.

Etymology

Straight out of the chute comes from horse races and rodeos, where animals run out quickly as soon as the gate opens and leave the chute. That's why the phrase means 'immediately' or 'from the very start'.