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Grammar : Adj, adv
Spell : streyt
Phonetic Transcription : streɪt



Definition of straight out

Origin :
  • mid-14c., "direct, undeviating, not crooked," properly "that which is stretched," adjectival use of Old English streht (altered, by analogy with streccan, from earlier streaht), past participle of streccan "to stretch" (see stretch (v.)). Meaning "true, direct, honest" is from 1520s. Of communication, "clear, unambiguous," from 1862. Sense of "undiluted, uncompromising" (e.g. straight whiskey, 1874) is American English, first recorded 1856.
  • Theatrical sense of "serious" (as opposed to popular or comic) is attested from 1895; vaudeville slang straight man first attested 1923. Go straight in the underworld slang sense is from 1919; straighten up "become respectable" is from 1907. Straight arrow "decent, conventional person" is 1969, from archetypal Native American brave name. To keep a straight face first recorded 1897; straight shooter is from 1928; straight-edge as a punk subculture is attested by 1987.
  • As in arbitrary : adj dictatorial
  • As in absolute : adj without limit
  • As in specific : adj particular, distinguishing
  • As in thorough/thoroughgoing : adj absolute, utter
  • As in unconditional : adj absolute, total
  • As in unequivocal : adj definite, positive
  • As in unmitigated : adj absolute, pure
  • As in utter : adj outright, absolute
  • As in blank : adj absolute, utter
  • As in categorical : adj explicit, unconditional
  • As in plainspoken : adj frank
  • As in straight-from-the-shoulder : adj frank
  • As in straight-out : adj frank
  • As in straight-shooting : adj frank
  • As in unbounded : adj utter
  • As in unconditioned : adj unconditional
  • As in unrelieved : adj utter
  • As in conclusive : adj definite, final
  • As in decisive : adj definite
  • As in definitive : adj authoritative
  • As in absolutely : adv certainly, without question
  • As in decidedly : adv certainly
Example sentences :
  • It ran through the kitchen and then straight out the front door.
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  • As if he couldn't have said straight out, 'Hands off my plunder!'
  • Extract from : « Lord Jim » by Joseph Conrad
  • "I'll take him downstairs and straight out the front door," Chuck exclaimed.
  • Extract from : « Phyllis » by Dorothy Whitehill
  • Why couldn't I have said to him straight out, "Look here, what's the matter with you?"
  • Extract from : « The Tale Of Mr. Peter Brown - Chelsea Justice » by V. Sackville West
  • Tell me straight out what it is, an' I'll tell you straight out what I'll do.
  • Extract from : « Prairie Flowers » by James B. Hendryx
  • Your Aunt Maria is so straight out, nothing false about her.
  • Extract from : « Patchwork » by Anna Balmer Myers
  • "I'll tell him straight out that I'll have nothing to do with him," said I blandly.
  • Extract from : « The Plum Tree » by David Graham Phillips
  • No fencing, said this inward monitor, no circumlocution—get to it, straight out.
  • Extract from : « The Borough Treasurer » by Joseph Smith Fletcher
  • Straight out to sea went the boat, not fast, but relentlessly.
  • Extract from : « Simon Dale » by Anthony Hope
  • She had been wise not to begin lending him money, but to say at once, straight out, "No."
  • Extract from : « A Sheaf of Corn » by Mary E. Mann

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