out-and-out Meaning, Definition & Usage
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adjective satellite complete and without restriction or qualification; sometimes used informally as intensifiers
sheer; rank; right-down; downright; absolute.
- absolute freedom
- an absolute dimwit
- a downright lie
- out-and-out mayhem
- an out-and-out lie
- a rank outsider
- many right-down vices
- got the job through sheer persistence
- sheer stupidity