POINT-BLANK


Meaning of POINT-BLANK in English

■ adjective & adverb

1》 (of a shot or missile) fired from very close to its target.

2》 without explanation or qualification: he refuses ~ to give interviews.

Origin

C16: prob. from point + blank in the sense 'white spot in the centre of a target'.

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