out-and-out

Definition

Complete, utter.

Example Sentences

• "He is an out-and-out idiot."
• "an out-and-out lie"
• "We are singled out for meetings by other heterosexaul ^([sic]) women, approved by the superintendent, to gripe about us as lesbians. They are trying to change us, to pick our brains and force their beliefs on us. It is out and out abuse."