out-and-out
out-and-out
Complete; utter; absolute; thoroughgoing. Always used as a modifier before a noun. Their lead singer is an out-and-out genius when it comes to writing music! That's an out-and-out lie! I demand you take that back!
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
out-and-out
COMMON You use out-and-out before a noun in order to emphasize that someone or something is very clearly and definitely the kind of person or thing mentioned. His investment has proved to be an out-and-out winner. This was almost certainly an out-and-out lie.
Collins COBUILD Idioms Dictionary, 3rd ed.
out-and-out
mod. complete or total; blatant. Don’t be such an out-and-out stinker!
McGraw-Hill's Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions
- blink-and-you-miss-it
- par excellence
- round robin
- a round robin
- side by side
- eleventh hour
- the eleventh hour
- heads I win, tails you lose
- black market
- the black market