straight-out
adjective
thoroughgoing.
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straight outsee right out.
straight-out
American
[streyt-out]
/ ˈstreɪtˈaʊt /
adjective
Informal.
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thoroughgoing.
a straight-out Democrat.
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frank; aboveboard.
straight-out
British
adjective
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complete; thoroughgoing
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frank or honest
straight out
Idioms
Etymology
Origin of straight-out
1830–40, from phrase straight out
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Which is to say, Colón-Zayas knows the ups and downs of being talented, hardworking and sometimes straight-out ignored, as Tina is in so much of “Napkins.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 18, 2025
Miller doesn’t ask his clients straight-out if they’re homeless.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 17, 2022
In the town of Cicely, there are very few people that are portrayed as just straight-out bad.
From Salon ● Sep. 10, 2020
Like, just straight-out asked him, “What do you think of a show where we interview celebrities while making them eat violently hot chicken wings?”
From The Verge ● Oct. 31, 2019
Still, she found it hard to straight-out defy Dad.
From "The Glass Castle" by Jeannette Walls
I wholeheartedly believe that the best way to enjoy the nuggets is straight out of the oven or the air-fryer, dipped in your favorite condiments.
From Salon ● Jun. 28, 2026
For Stokes' retirement to be announced while he was bowling a spell, and to get a wicket with his first delivery after the news was made public was straight out of an Ian Botham-style script.
From BBC ● Jun. 28, 2026
His smiling face, straight out of central casting, is seen on T-shirts, blankets, pillows and towels at stands all over the capital.
From Barron's ● May 10, 2026
The rest of the time, what the candidates said came off as one giant shout-fest straight out of the studios of the late, great Wally George, with everyone playing true to form.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 6, 2026
The other wall had a giant rainbow-colored papier-mâché hand, its pointer finger sticking straight out and beneath it the words You Belong scrawled in loopy neon letters.
From "Not Nothing" by Gayle Forman
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