straight-out
thoroughgoing: a straight-out Democrat.
frank; aboveboard.
Origin of straight-out
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How to use straight-out in a sentence
He moved to Los Angeles straight out of college at 22, but the only steady work he found was as a male nanny.
Straight out of Harvard last year, Choi accepted a job offer to work on food innovation for Burger King.
This 3-D Printer Can Change Fashion's Diversity Problem | Erin Cunningham | June 9, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTIt sounds like a scenario straight out of a Monday morning high school hallway following a weekend of partying and promiscuity.
Slut-Shaming Gets the YA Treatment in ‘The Truth About Alice’ | Erin Cunningham | June 2, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThe two top contenders, Osborn and Sasse, both seem straight out of conservative central casting.
Phrases like “straight out of science fiction” and “the possibilities are endless” appear on almost every page.
She had listened—she had listened intently, looking straight out of the window and without moving.
Confidence | Henry JamesIt felt to him that he simply walked straight out of her life into a world of emptiness and ice and shadows.
The Wave | Algernon BlackwoodThe race was to be five miles straight out to windward, and a run home, off the wind.
The Rival Campers | Ruel Perley SmithAnd 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.
The Devil-Tree of El Dorado | Frank AubreyHe simply walked straight out of the room and downstairs to the kitchen, where he stayed for days.
The Talking Horse | F. Anstey
British Dictionary definitions for straight-out
complete; thoroughgoing
frank or honest
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
Other Idioms and Phrases with straight-out
see right out.
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