adj. Extreme; complete; thorough. The candidate was an out-and-out conservative. It was out-and-out robbery to charge twice the usual price for eggs just because they were scarce.
Compare: THROUGH AND THROUGH.
adj. Extreme; complete; thorough. The candidate was an out-and-out conservative. It was out-and-out robbery to charge twice the usual price for eggs just because they were scarce.
Compare: THROUGH AND THROUGH.
American idioms English vocabulary. Английский словарь американских идиом. 2012