adverb
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a point-blank refusal (= immediate, direct, and without a reason )
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This point-blank refusal to discuss the issue enraged him.
refuse point-blank (= directly and without explanation )
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I refused point-blank to let him in.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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I told Fred point-blank that he had made a mistake.
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Rutledge shot him point-blank in the chest.
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The men broke into the building at the dead of night, and shot their victims point-blank as they slept.