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
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
A minor injury meant Kane was not involved in England's 3-0 win over Wales on Thursday night with Aston Villa's Ollie Watkins - the only other out-and-out striker in the squad - deputising.
From BBC • Oct. 14, 2025
Tristan und Isolde is an out-and-out masterpiece, with sweeping, yearning themes, deserving of its place in music’s pantheon, whatever it may or may not have innovated.
From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall
