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flat-out

[ flat-out ]

adjective

Informal.
  1. moving or working at top speed or with maximum effort; all-out:

    a flat-out effort by all contestants.

  2. downright; thoroughgoing:

    Many of the paintings were flat-out forgeries.



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Word History and Origins

Origin of flat-out1

First recorded in 1925–30
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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.

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"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.

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Everyone else is trudging along, if not toiling through a flat-out slump.

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“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.”

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For now, they look flat-out unbeatable.

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