put straight
Example Sentences
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He was put straight to work building high-rise apartment blocks for more than 18 hours a day, he said.
From BBC ● Aug. 12, 2025
Later in September, Laxamana described being put straight to work as the number of cattle milk samples was ramping up.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 1, 2024
She described the three films that she chose to put straight on Peacock as “movies we love that a decade ago would have been no-brainers” to make and release in theaters.
From New York Times ● May 2, 2022
Khan responded with an indignant tweet saying that the “record needs to be put straight on Mr. Trump’s tirade against Pakistan,” which he said had suffered more than 75,000 casualties in the fight against terrorism.
From Washington Post ● Dec. 5, 2018
It shouldn’t be put straight into the pan, that makes it tough.
From "All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel" by Erich Maria Remarque
