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flat-out
[ flat-out ]
adjective
- moving or working at top speed or with maximum effort; all-out:
a flat-out effort by all contestants.
- downright; thoroughgoing:
Many of the paintings were flat-out forgeries.
Word History and Origins
Origin of flat-out1
Example Sentences
Calling Abrego Garcia’s plight a “distraction,” even if only on the narrow issue of gang membership, as Newsom’s office later clarified was his intent, is flat-out wrong.
"Of course, we're concerned. we're seeing is that Trump's resistance — they're exposing the lengths they're willing to go to defy the law flat-out," she said.
Everyone else is trudging along, if not toiling through a flat-out slump.
“Now, they are bringing partisan politics directly to the cafeteria table, threatening our children’s food security as a mechanism to force states to comply with a national ideological agenda. This is flat-out wrong.”
For now, they look flat-out unbeatable.
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