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out-and-out

[ out-n-out, -nd-out ]

/ ˈaʊt nˈaʊt, -ndˈaʊt /

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adjective

complete; total; thoroughgoing: an out-and-out lie.

Origin of out-and-out

Middle English word dating back to 1275–1325

Words nearby out-and-out

out to lunch, out with it, out, damned spot!, out-, out-a-sight, out-and-out, out-and-outer, out-basket, out-box, out-country, out-front

Example sentences from the Web for out-and-out

And more broadly I think we need a higher bar for what we view as out-and-out race baiting.

Is Romney a Race Baiter? |John McWhorter |August 29, 2012 |DAILY BEAST
The out-and-out journalistic supporters of the country vilify the mother country as a whole.

Recollections |David Christie Murray
You ought to have been a preacher—a good, out-and-out, whole-souled tub-thumper.

A Veldt Official |Bertram Mitford
However that may be he was an out-and-out Salvationist, of long and varied experience.

The War Romance of the Salvation Army |Evangeline Booth and Grace Livingston Hill

Such a person is an out-and-out traitor when his sentiments lead to actions which obstruct his country's interests.

Mary Louise and the Liberty Girls |Edith Van Dyne (AKA L. Frank Baum)
She couldn't be out-and-out whole-souled bad when she was a married lady.

The Jack-Knife Man |Ellis Parker Butler

British Dictionary definitions for out-and-out

out-and-out

adjective

(prenominal) thoroughgoing; complete