out-and-out
- s complete and without restriction or qualification; sometimes used informally as intensifiers
out-and-out mayhem
an out-and-out lie
- At Chicago's Bell Howell, it sometimes seems, officers' country is open to anyone but out-and-out minors.
- There was a touch of platitude in the declaration, but even more hypocrisy: two of the five nations, Thailand and Indonesia, were out-and-out dictatorships, and the Philippines .
- A defensive army, the Bundeswehr has become increasingly engaged in international missions and is coming under pressure to step up its involvement in out-and-out warfare.