straight-out
[ streyt-out ]
/ ˈstreɪtˈaʊt /
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adjective Informal.
thoroughgoing: a straight-out Democrat.
frank; aboveboard.
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Origin of straight-out
1830–40, Americanism; from phrase straight out
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British Dictionary definitions for straight-out
straight-out
adjective informal
complete; thoroughgoing
frank or honest
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Other Idioms and Phrases with straight-out
straight out
see right out.
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