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flat-out

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adjective

1
: being or going at maximum effort or speed
2
: out-and-out, downright
it was a flat-out lie

flat out

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adverb

1
: in a blunt and direct manner : openly
called flat out for revolution Nat'l Review
2
: at top speed or peak performance
the car does 180 m.p.h. flat out
3
usually flat-out : absolutely, downright
usually used as an intensive
is just flat-out confusing

Example Sentences

Adverb I told him flat out that I have no intention of marrying him. We asked for more time but they refused us flat out. The car does 180 mph flat out.
Recent Examples on the Web
Adverb
So Albuquerque was actually looking in his mirror while going flat out through the Kink. Dave Kallmann, Journal Sentinel, 7 Aug. 2022 The requirement to speak truthfully is a gargantuan task for Jones, who built his career on red-faced conspiratorial rants that often twisted — or flat out ignored — reality. Nikki Mccann Ramirez, Rolling Stone, 4 Aug. 2022 The event follows the same general format as the handful of other endurance races in the WEC series, like 12 Hours of Sebring and 24 Hours of Daytona: Teams of two or three drivers race flat out for two hours, swap out, and then do it again. Outside Online, 21 May 2015 Justice Clarence Thomas in a separate opinion flat out said that the court should repeal those rulings. Bob Egelko, San Francisco Chronicle, 19 July 2022 However, several pitchers flat out ignored the stop sign. Xl Media, cleveland, 19 July 2022 Simply put, the burpee misses the mark in so many ways, from functionality to being flat out dangerous. Jeff Tomko, Men's Health, 7 July 2022 What the county council is doing is flat out wrong. Laura Johnston, cleveland, 28 June 2022 This would be the inverse of the 1998 agreement, where the groups’ quota was increased even though most members were producing flat out already, but a Saudi increase could be accommodated. Michael Lynch, Forbes, 2 June 2022 See More

Word History

First Known Use

Adjective

1906, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Adverb

1932, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Time Traveler
The first known use of flat-out was in 1906

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