out-and-out
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6.3
- adjective
- /ˈaʊt ənd ˈaʊt/
:
absoluto
- Well, uh, now, that's an out-and-out lie.
- an out-and-out lie
- an out-and-out fraud
- an out-and-out racist
Well, it's not the kind of pleasure that a out and out hedonist engages in.
- Well, it's not the kind of pleasure that a out and out hedonist engages in.
- She challenged herself to, to, to spend a year living as an out and out extrovert.
- So this is saying how I should be trapped as a Christian, by the way, as an atheist, as an out and out atheist, you get a far worse deal than me.
- And Michael Moore is a out and out satirist whose whose mission in life is to sort of set the world to rights by satirising the bad guys and sending them up.
- This isn't, this is the out and out community centers of our society is going to have very massive long term effects on us as humans.
- Almost certainly because it was out and out self defence and and six months I spent going to bed every night thinking I'm going to jail.
Examples
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That marriage certificate is an out-and-out phony.
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It's gone from feeling like easy pickings to out-and-out bullying.
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Any effort to do so is an out-and-out lie.
Blog text (10) -
Why thank an out-and-out liar for lying?
Blog text (27) -
It's becoming more and more evident that an out-and-out military victory cannot be achieved with any strategy.
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He's an out-and-out Christian, he is.
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Now this is out-and-out libel!
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If so, you are an out-and-out ignoramus.
Blog text (2) -
By 2004, the FBI found that many subprime mortgage vendors were engaged in out-and-out fraud.
Academic text (2009) -
That was an out-and-out scam that fooled many people.
Synonyms
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5.1
Used to call someone a complete fool to insult them
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2.8
People say this to show something is totally bad or extreme
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4.3
Showing a very large amount or degree
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3.9
Complete to show the highest degree
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4.9
Completely bad or not acceptable, with no good quality
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6.1
Completely direct with no doubt or excuse
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6.8
Complete and clearly wrong
How Complete
Surface Forms
Etymology
The word out-and-out comes from repeating the simple word out with and in the middle to make the idea stronger. So, out-and-out means 'complete' or 'total', which is why an out-and-out lie is a lie with no truth at all.