straight-out

[ streyt-out ]

adjective

, Informal.

1. thoroughgoing:

   a straight-out Democrat.

2. frank; aboveboard.

straight-out

adjective

1. complete; thoroughgoing
2. frank or honest

Word History and Origins

Origin of straight-out¹

1830–40, Americanism; from phrase straight out

Idioms and Phrases

see right out .

Example Sentences

He moved to Los Angeles straight out of college at 22, but the only steady work he found was as a male nanny.

From The Daily Beast

Straight out of Harvard last year, Choi accepted a job offer to work on food innovation for Burger King.

From The Daily Beast

It sounds like a scenario straight out of a Monday morning high school hallway following a weekend of partying and promiscuity.

From The Daily Beast

The two top contenders, Osborn and Sasse, both seem straight out of conservative central casting.

From The Daily Beast

Phrases like “straight out of science fiction” and “the possibilities are endless” appear on almost every page.

From The Daily Beast

She had listened—she had listened intently, looking straight out of the window and without moving.

From Project Gutenberg

It felt to him that he simply walked straight out of her life into a world of emptiness and ice and shadows.

From Project Gutenberg

The race was to be five miles straight out to windward, and a run home, off the wind.

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And yet I almost think, if he had held his arm straight out, I could have walked under it with my hat on, and without stooping.

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He simply walked straight out of the room and downstairs to the kitchen, where he stayed for days.

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