Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Thoroughgoing; out-and-out.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective downright; plain; unqualified.
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- adjective Alternative form of
flat out . - adverb Alternative form of
flat out .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adverb in a blunt direct manner
- adverb at top speed
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Examples
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WASHINGTON - The Obama administration and four states are accusing a private, for-profit college of illegally paying recruiters to enroll students in an $11 billion fraud, the latest action in a long-running examination of the industry's recruitment techniques and an allegation the company called "flat-out wrong."
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WASHINGTON - The Obama administration and four states are accusing a private, for-profit college of illegally paying recruiters to enroll students in an $11 billion fraud, the latest action in a long-running examination of the industry's recruitment techniques and an allegation the company called "flat-out wrong."
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It's a flat-out, old-school blues record with all the raw edges showing: about as far from the slick production and Auto-Tuned vocals of modern pop recordings as it is possible to get.
Cyndi Lauper: rhapsody in blues Alfred Hickling 2010
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Mr. Wilson flat-out advised me to stop and definitely pulled hisself out of the equation, saying the only gun he wanted pointed at him had to have a set of balls and be loaded with cum . . . not bullets.
Real wifeys Meesha Mink 2011
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I agree with idahooutdoors, the rich outfitters and landowners are shutting down access and outbidding or flat-out buying out the average joe hunter, not just here in Montana, but it sounds like the trend through out the West.
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Getty Images At a Christian Science Monitor breakfast Thursday, HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius claimed that the Journal story was "flat-out wrong," adding that "I'm sorry that they were not more accurate in their reporting."
Healthamburglar 2010
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The sheriffs say they barely know these guys, which is a flat-out lie.
Michael Conniff: Aspen Cocaine the Shame of the City Michael Conniff 2011
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Success was flat-out impossible to achieve, but I was going to do it anyway.
Crossed J.F. Lewis 2011
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The sheriffs say they barely know these guys, which is a flat-out lie.
Michael Conniff: Aspen Cocaine the Shame of the City Michael Conniff 2011
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But there was one small problem: my father flat-out refused to accept anything of the sort.
Chicken Soup for the Soul: Thanks Dad Jack Canfield 2011
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