English Explanatory Dictionary

straight out of the chute

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adv
  1. immediately, from the very outset.

Pronunciation

En-au-straight out of the chute.ogg

Word forms

straight out of the chute

Etymology

Taken from rodeo routines: the bucking bronco, or bull, or the calf for the calf-roping contest is kept in a narrow pen, a chute, before being released.

Synonyms

off the bat § Synonyms
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