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Meanings of out-and-out in English

Complete and without restriction or qualification; sometimes used informally as intensifiers.

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Usage of out-and-out in English
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Which, of course, he knew and I knew was an out-and-out fib.
The Irish Times
2
Much of it is an out-and-out desert; all of it is arid.
Wealth of the World's Waste Places and Oceania
3
But there's no way anyone would mistake this for an out-and-out shooter.
The Guardian
4
The Ford Mondeo, in its current form, should be an out-and-out winner.
The Irish Times
5
The risk now was not so much another mutiny as out-and-out starvation.
Roma eterna
6
I don't think we have had an out-and-out 8 since Joy Neville.
Independent.ie
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He presented it as an out-and-out atrocity, but there were extenuating circumstances.
The illuminatus! trilogy
8
One -the worst-casescenario -was an out-and-out war in 2030.
News.com.au
9
In all my years I've only had a handful of out-and-out refusals.
Death Mask
10
Kennedy hastened to stop the colloquy before it became an out-and-out quarrel.
The Film Mystery
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An out-and-out no-frills full-back while they reached seven senior finals from 1985.
Independent.ie
12
No wingers This Chiefs squad lacks genuine width and out-and-out winger options.
The South African
13
I want to do better, I want to be an out-and-out Christian.
Dwell Deep; or, Hilda Thorn's Life Story
14
If he were an out-and-out native he wouldn't be quite so revolting.
The Swindler and Other Stories
15
She wasn't out-and-out handsome, but there was something very taking about her.
Robbery under Arms / A Story of Life and Adventure in the Bush a...
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Anyone can tell, with half a glance, that he's an out-and-out gentleman.
Katherine's Sheaves