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flat-out
[ flat-out ]
/ ËflĂŠtËaÊt /
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adjective Informal.
moving or working at top speed or with maximum effort; all-out: a flat-out effort by all contestants.
downright; thoroughgoing: Many of the paintings were flat-out forgeries.
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Origin of flat-out
First recorded in 1925â30
Words nearby flat-out
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Other Idioms and Phrases with flat-out
flat out
In a direct manner, bluntly. For example, He told the true story flat out. [Colloquial; mid-1900s]
At top speed, as in She was running flat out to catch the train. [Slang; c. 1930]
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