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point-blank

  [point-blangk]
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–adjective
1. aimed or fired straight at the mark esp. from close range; direct.
2. straightforward, plain, or explicit: a point-blank denial.
–adverb
3. with a direct aim; directly; straight.
4. bluntly; frankly: She told him point-blank that he was not welcome.
Origin:
1565–75
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Word Origin & History

point blank 
1571, from point (v.) + blank, the white center of a target. The notion is of standing close enough to aim (point) at the blank without allowance for curve, windage, or gravity.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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