flat-out
[flat-out]
- 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.
Show More
Origin of flat-out
First recorded in 1925–30
Dictionary.com Unabridged
Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2018
Examples from the Web for flat-out
Contemporary Examples
The president came to believe Shamir misled him on the settlement issue, or flat-out lied to him.
His post-mortem that there is no red or blue America was tired and flat-out wrong.
Old Don said flat-out that he took the girl for both him and his son.
More vexing than the short-shrift mentions are the flat-out omissions.
By the time I finished doing this it had become a flat-out race.
College Application Guru Turned Author Lacy Crawford on ‘Early Decision’Lizzie Crocker
August 24, 2013
Historical Examples
This caused some concern over his meager fuel supply since his plan called for some flat-out jetting later on.
Far from HomeJ.A. Taylor
He believed in the New Work, believed in it with every fiber of his being, but an undiverse portfolio was flat-out irresponsible.
MakersCory Doctorow