D defs.my
Entry 2 senses · 2 variants Webster, 1913

out-and-out

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01 adj. Without any reservation or disguise; downright; plain; unqualified; absolute; as, an out and out villain; an out-and-out lie.
  1. 1.
    Without any reservation or disguise; downright; plain; unqualified; absolute; as, an out and out villain; an out-and-out lie.
Syn. flat-out, outright.
02 adv. Completely; wholly; openly.
  1. 1.
    Completely; wholly; openly.