right out

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.

Example Sentences

In an interview, Adam Hochschild, the prominent historian and award-winning author of books including “American Midnight: The Great War, A Violent Peace, and Democracy’s Forgotten Crisis,” was clear-eyed about what America is facing: “This is profoundly frightening because it’s right out of the playbook of the way democracies are converted to dictatorships.”

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In his podcast late last week, Cruz described Federal Communications Commission Chair Brendan Carr’s threat against Disney leading up to Jimmy Kimmel’s suspension as “right out of Goodfellas” and “dangerous as hell.”

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In any event, the LP was not a hit right out of the box — it didn’t start selling until “Lovin’ You” blew up as a single months after the album’s release.

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Guardiola switched to a 5-5-0 formation in the 76th minute following the eyebrow-raising decision to haul off Haaland and send on defensive midfielder Nico Gonzalez - a tactical manoeuvre which could have come right out of the Jose Mourinho playbook.

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And I got to say that's right out of Goodfellas.

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