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Also, straight out . Plainly, without holding back, as in He told her right out that he couldn't run for another term , or When Jan told us she wanted to study medicine, Dad said straight out that he couldn't afford medical school .

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Example Sentences

Society itself must be changed, right out from under our hopeless cases.

If he were still alive to day, with all the Ferguson stuff, I imagine Dr. King would be right out there with the marchers.

Right out of college, Agatha began working at a family-owned business.

The costs of merchandise were right out of the 1990s: $20 for T-shirts, $30 for sweatshirts.

The other imbibers always gasp in horror, as if someone just snapped their single malt right out of their hand.

Some of those halls that Mr. Meadow Mouse mentioned ran right out beneath the surface of the garden.

Lawlessness is b'ilin' around inside o' me, an' I'm goin' to git right out!

So I washed up the buggy and hitched up the horse and come right out.

True vintage, right out of the whodunits—wouldn't you agree, Mrs. Carmack?

But this has got to be printed, Miss Jane—printed right out for everybody to read!

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gallimaufry

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