out-and-out
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Definition of out-and-out
: being such completely at all times, in every way, or from every point of view an out-and-out fraud
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absolute, all-out, arrant, blank, blooming [chiefly British], bodacious [Southern & Midland], categorical (also categoric), clean, complete, consummate, cotton-picking, crashing, damn, damned, dead, deadly, definite, downright, dreadful, fair, flat, flat-out, outright, perfect, plumb, profound, pure, rank, regular, sheer, simple, stark, stone, straight-out, thorough, thoroughgoing, total, unadulterated, unalloyed, unconditional, unmitigated, unqualified, utter, very
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out-and-out
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English Language Learners Definition of out-and-out
—used to emphasize a description
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: thorough sense 1, total That's an out-and-out lie!
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