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out-and-out

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

out-and-out

[out-n-out, -nd-out]
adjective
complete; total; thoroughgoing: an out-and-out lie.

Origin:
1275–1325; Middle English
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an extraordinary or unusual thing, person, or event; an exceptional example or instance.
a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.
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out-and-out
 
adj
(prenominal) thoroughgoing; complete

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out-and-out definition


  1. mod.
    complete or total; blatant. : Don't be such an out-and-out stinker!
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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