Examples of 'out-and-out' in a sentence
Meaning of "out-and-out"
Out-and-out is a phrasal verb used to emphasize the completeness or thoroughness of an action or characteristic, often in a negative or critical sense
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- Complete, utter.
- thoroughly cross-bred; a breeding strategy esp. with poultry where new roosters are circulated yearly to maintain a mongrel flock.
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Chad has adopted a policy of out-and-out liberalization that has often been detrimental to it.
Most of what they state in their press releases are out-and-out lies or distortions.
You do not have to be an out-and-out coward to let fear impact your leadership effectiveness.
We should feel some satisfaction if only because an out-and-out trade war has been avoided.
This would mean an out-and-out defeat for the West in the fight against Islamic terrorism.
Despair and wrath push these people into the arms of religious fanatics and out-and-out bandits.
President Milosevic seems bent on out-and-out conflict and is clearly counting on support from Russia.
Their second mistake is assuming that talking about Canadian values is out-and-out xenophobic.
An out-and-out endorsement is probably pushing it.
But this true and real joy can not be possessed unless we are out-and-out Christians.
Then there is your out-and-out juvenile delinquents.
The Broadcom decision suggests that valid suspicion of Chinese technology is blurring into out-and-out protectionism.
It was not an out-and-out quarrel, but it was a strong difference of opinion.
But it does not have to be an out-and-out itch.
This is one of my out-and-out favourite paintings in the world.
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Kenyan women are more afraid of out-and-out violence.
An out-and-out bloodhound when it comes to ex-commie security thugs.
You are talking about out-and-out extortion and blackmail.
It is a reflection of bourgeois ideology in the party, it is out-and-out revisionism.
If a report was not an out-and-out hoax, it was an embarrassingly obvious mistake.
If there is any equal it would be an out-and-out serial killer.
This is an out-and-out scandal and not worthy of any parliament.
Such organizations were not always out-and-out trade union organizations.
Out-and-out terrorists who set off car bombs at department stores.
Only direct traitors or out-and-out idiots can reason thus.
I just do not think we should launch into an out-and-out war.
An out-and-out no can be much harder to accept than a yes with conditions.
Ai not nobody gonna ask a man to do anything out-and-out dishonest.
The man is an out-and-out liar and nobody believes what he says.
It would be printed in a way that made it sound like an out-and-out lie.
He declared himself an out-and-out republican and voted even with the socialists.
It's becoming more and more evident that an out-and-out military victory.
Not an out-and-out swindler but he knows how to put over a fast one.
I can not believe she just out-and-out lied about it.
There's one out-and-out winner and rather than waste time with a speech.
What we are facing here is an escalation, rather than a planned out-and-out war.
This romantic interest leads to an out-and-out brawl between the two men.
They might even distort the facts, purposely misdirect you or even out-and-out lie.
I think that 's the first out-and-out friendly thing you have said to me.
The first half should be a perfect setup for an out-and-out revenge flick.
The other two was out-and-out heroes, turned out to be hardly naught but hobos.
The person in question will in this case tend to become an out-and-out egoist.
This year 's competition is an out-and-out success both in terms of participation and international representation.
Madrid have lots of young talent in attack, but none are out-and-out strikers.
Out-and-out fascists are in government again in Italy.
This is really the one point where she just out-and-out lies to them.
The out-and-out most Danish thing in the world.
I told Jeffery he was an out-and-out complete idiot.
A sort of wit like Brichot 's would have been regarded as out-and-out.
Of course it was not an out-And-Out quarrel, But it was a strong difference of opinion.
