adjective
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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out-and-out lies
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The guy is an out-and-out conman.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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And then the dark-greens are by no means united in forming a simple statement of what it is to be an out-and-out green.
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Either McBride or Neil Back, who are out-and-out flyers, would have provided that option.
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He was an out-and-out profligate, darting from one partner to the next.
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It's cheaper than out-and-out war, and they can be disowned if things grow too difficult.
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There are a few out-and-out strikers who can be guaranteed to deliver the goods.
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These are out-and-out touring aircraft, sophisticated both inside and out.
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This joint commitment moves away from the idea of loyalty solely to a single school and from the idea of out-and-out competition.
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Yet the advent of out-and-out reformers in East Berlin would represent an even greater threat for Moscow.