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straight-out

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straight-out

  [streyt-out]
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–adjective Informal.
1. thoroughgoing: a straight-out Democrat.
2. frank; aboveboard.
Origin:
1830–40, Americanism; from phrase straight out
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straight-out   (strāt'out')
adj.  

  1. Straightforward; blunt: gave them a straight-out "no."

  2. Complete; unmitigated: a straight-out error.

The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
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