out-and-out
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out-and-out
adjective
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Complete, utter.
He is an out-and-out idiot.
Similar: all-out, downright, flat-out, outright, abject, frightful, absolute, prize, clean, arrant, categoric, categorical
- Thoroughly cross-bred; a breeding strategy esp. with poultry where new roosters are circulated yearly to maintain a mongrel flock. For my own part I would sooner eat bread-and-cheese and know myself the possessor of an out-and-out horse, than sell him for the privilege of dining with the Lord Mayor and Court of Aldermen every day in the year.
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adj complete
| Español | a carta cabal, de tomo y lomo, puro y duro, pleno, de aúpa |
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| 中文 | 完全的 |
| Deutsch | durch und durch |
| Italiano | spaccato |
| Ελληνικά | εντελώς entelós, ολοκληρωτικά oloklirotiká, πέρα για πέρα péra gia péra |
Talk about this word "out-and-out." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/out-and-out. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. out-and-out. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/out-and-out "out-and-out." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/out-and-out.Cite this
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