OUT-AND-OUT Synonyms: 108 Similar and Opposite Words

out-and-out

adjective

ˌau̇t-ᵊn(d)-ˈau̇t

as in utter

having no exceptions or restrictions an out-and-out cheater at every game she plays her story is not just an exaggeration, it's an out-and-out lie

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as in thorough

trying all possibilities mounted an out-and-out effort to find the lost child

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Examples of out-and-out in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Presumably, Conrad was talking not to out-and-out bigots but to well-meaning liberal folks who would never dream of taking an identity that wasn’t theirs. —

Sara Holdren, Vulture, 7 Feb. 2024 The hotel where Elizabeth Taylor signed her Cleopatra contract in the bath remains out-and-out fabulous—but with a Pierre-Yves Rochon uplift. —

Cnt Editors, Condé Nast Traveler, 13 Dec. 2023 According to teens who have been rescued from one of these camps, children are being subjected to out-and-out brainwashing. —

Chris Roemer, Baltimore Sun, 17 Feb. 2024 The team felt that copyrighting the book’s compilation would provide peace of mind against out-and-out reproduction of the work. —

Kate Knibbs, WIRED, 17 Apr. 2024 See all Example Sentences for out-and-out

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