straight-out
adjective
thoroughgoing.
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straight out
straight outsee right out.
straight-out
American
[strayt-aut]
/ 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
“It’s a straight-out fight as it has been for the entire year,” said Red Bull team principal Christian Horner.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 6, 2021
I asked them straight-out a few times, and they always responded that they didn’t want to feed my insecurities by giving a “yes or no” answer.
From Slate ● Mar. 11, 2021
In the town of Cicely, there are very few people that are portrayed as just straight-out bad.
From Salon ● Sep. 10, 2020
Some mediums straight-out confessed to fraud in newspapers, books, or magazines.
From "American Spirits" by Barb Rosenstock
“I was using Riefenstahl to point out, or so I thought, that these heroes and heroines were straight out of Nazi propaganda,” Verhoeven told The Guardian in 2018.
From Salon ● Sep. 9, 2026
Clark’s Gen X parents earned computer science degrees in the 1990s and secured stable jobs with clear trajectories for career growth straight out of college.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 8, 2026
A 6-foot-4, blond-haired passer from California, Goff was straight out of NFL central casting.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 28, 2026
"The only way out was through the window, so I jumped straight out," he said.
From BBC ● Aug. 28, 2026
“I could eat that ziti straight out of the pan right now.”
From "A Heart in a Body in the World" by Deb Caletti
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