out-and-out English

Meaning out-and-out meaning

What does out-and-out mean?

out-and-out

— adjective (= absolute, downright, rank, right-down, sheer) complete and without restriction or qualification; sometimes used informally as intensifiers absolute freedom an absolute dimwit a downright lie out-and-out mayhem an out-and-out lie a rank outsider many right-down vices got the job through sheer persistence sheer stupidity

Synonyms out-and-out synonyms

What other words have the same or similar meaning as out-and-out?

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thorough

downright

sheer

right-down

rank

arrant

absolute

unrelieved

thoroughgoing

livelong

flat

evendown

entire

dyed-in-the-wool

completely metrizable

complete

choate

Examples out-and-out examples

How do I use out-and-out in a sentence?

Movie subtitles

Let's hurry up and get out of here.

Suspended on the spot, get sent home, your parents freak out, and that's why I won't let anybody in my crew touch the stuff.

News and current affairs

Just last December, fellow economists Martin Feldstein and Nouriel Roubini each penned op-eds bravely questioning bullish market sentiment, sensibly pointing out gold's risks.