HyperDic: out-and-out

English > 1 sense of the word out-and-out:
ADJECTIVEallout-and-out, absolute, downright, rank, right-down, sheercomplete and without restriction or qualification / qualification
English > out-and-out: 1 sense > adjective 1
Meaningcomplete and without restriction or qualification / qualification; sometimes used informally as intensifiers.
Examples
  • "out-and-out mayhem"
  • "an out-and-out lie"
Synonymsabsolute, downright, rank, right-down, sheer
BroadercompleteHaving every necessary or normal part or component or step
Spanishabsoluto, evidente, puro, redomado

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