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out and out

adv · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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adv

Meaning 1

Completely; thoroughly.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: dated, not-comparable

Examples

  • 1921, Bernadotte Perrin (translator), "Tiberius and Caius Gracchus", Plutarch's Lives, Loeb Classics However, he soon saw that the senate was hostile to him out and out, and that the good will of Fannius towards him had lost his edge, and therefore again began to attach the multitude to himself by other laws [...]

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