English
Adjective
out-and-out (used only before a noun; no comparative or superlative)
#idiom Complete, utter.
#:He is an out-and-out idiot.
Quotations
1998. "I'm sure most of the people in this room will share the same view, but even as an out-and-out atheist one can't help noticing that the role of a god has had an enormously profound impact on human history over many, many centuries." — Douglas Adams, speech at Cambridge, UK. 1
Synonyms
altogether
downright
through and through
vi:out-and-out
zh:out-and-out
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