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  1. 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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Larry’s the pragmatic choice, but Luke is the romantic one, down to his handsome, chiseled features right out of a supermarket paperback.

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“I won last year at Pierce in 16 flat, but here the trails were just draining the energy right out of me,” Solorio said after leading the Pioneers to the team title.

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She looks like she was plucked right out of an anime, starring an Afro Korean swordswoman.

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The greedy aboatia is behind the vendor now, sneaking a second serving of plantains right out of the basket.

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Right out of police headquarters!”

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