straight-out
adjective
thoroughgoing.
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straight-out
American
[strayt-aut]
/ ˈstreɪtˈaʊt /
adjective
Informal.
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thoroughgoing.
a straight-out Democrat.
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frank; aboveboard.
straight-out
British
adjective
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complete; thoroughgoing
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frank or honest
straight out
Idioms
Etymology
Origin of straight-out
1830–40, from phrase straight out
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Miller doesn’t ask his clients straight-out if they’re homeless.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 17, 2022
I asked them straight-out a few times, and they always responded that they didn’t want to feed my insecurities by giving a “yes or no” answer.
From Slate ● Mar. 11, 2021
In the town of Cicely, there are very few people that are portrayed as just straight-out bad.
From Salon ● Sep. 10, 2020
The professionals, however, “are speaking out on a matter of public concern. These are straight-out retaliation cases.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 17, 2020
Still, she found it hard to straight-out defy Dad.
From "The Glass Castle" by Jeannette Walls
Mis-control shortly afterwards showed more signs of nerves and pass straight out of play summed up United's first half hour.
From BBC ● Oct. 10, 2026
Underwood dropped back, surveyed the field, and chucked a panicked throw straight out of bounds.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 4, 2026
“I was using Riefenstahl to point out, or so I thought, that these heroes and heroines were straight out of Nazi propaganda,” Verhoeven told The Guardian in 2018.
From Salon ● Sep. 9, 2026
Clark’s Gen X parents earned computer science degrees in the 1990s and secured stable jobs with clear trajectories for career growth straight out of college.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 8, 2026
Besides, it didn’t seem quite ladylike to say something like that, straight out.
From "Jacob Have I Loved" by Katherine Paterson
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