pure and simple
idiom
: with nothing other than what has been mentioned
—used after a noun or phrase to add emphasis
It was fraud, pure and simple.
The relationship is over, pure and simple.
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Web-site defacements and non-cyber actions are protest, pure and simple.
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Yochai Benkler, Foreign Affairs, 4 Apr. 2012
These oceanfront properties are paradise — pure and simple.
—Lindsay Cohn, Travel + Leisure, 27 May 2024
Aysha Bagchi: The prosecution said that Donald Trump's actions that are at issue in this case were election fraud, pure and simple.
—Taylor Wilson, USA TODAY, 23 Apr. 2024
The documentary is pure and simple the history of the party.
—Melinda Newman, Billboard, 2 Feb. 2024
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Yochai Benkler, Foreign Affairs, 4 Apr. 2012
These oceanfront properties are paradise — pure and simple.
—Lindsay Cohn, Travel + Leisure, 27 May 2024
Aysha Bagchi: The prosecution said that Donald Trump's actions that are at issue in this case were election fraud, pure and simple.
—Taylor Wilson, USA TODAY, 23 Apr. 2024
The documentary is pure and simple the history of the party.
—Melinda Newman, Billboard, 2 Feb. 2024
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