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Hello. What does ”straight on” mean ? ( related to directions) Does it mean ”straight ahead”? And, is it a British expression? Or Americans also use it ?

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AussieInBg profile picture AussieInBgMarch 2021
”straight on” - I hear this much more from American English speakers than British English speakers, although I’ve heard a few British English speakers occasionally use it.

”straight ahead” - in both British and American English. I suspect that in general American speakers use ”straight ahead” more formally than ”straight on”.

There are even more variants such as ”straight along””, ”straight forward” and ”straight through”. They essentially mean ”move in a direct line in a direction forward”, but have some subtle differences in meaning - a long discussion involving how phrasal verbs get used