out-and-out

Example Sentences

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“How can we improve the product, make it out-and-out racing and look at what can improve in terms of safety. But act with a scalpel and not with a baseball bat.”

From The Wall Street Journal • May 1, 2026

With his main out-and-out winger Doku missing much of February and March, Guardiola needed another solution.

From BBC • Apr. 25, 2026

And so he employs other tools: the hunch, the educated guess, even out-and-out speculation.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 30, 2026

But after years of dabbling in pop and hip-hop, Yungblud seemed to reintroduce himself with the widely praised “Changes” performance as an out-and-out rocker.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 5, 2025

"There's few out-and-out traitors, though there's some, even your spider hasn't found them all," Bywater had warned him.

From "A Clash of Kings" by George R.R. Martin