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point blank

1. if you refuse point blank, you refuse completely and will not change your decision He locked himself in the bathroom and refused point blank to come out.

2. if you ask or tell someone point blank about something that could upset or embarrass them, you ask or tell them directly You'll have to ask him point blank whether he took the money or not.

See also: blank, point

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There's a neighbor named Brace Dunlap that's been wanting to marry their Benny for three months, and at last they told him point blank and once for all, he COULDN'T; so he has soured on them, and they're worried about it. Tom Sawyer Detective by Twain, Mark View in context It was impossible to miss at such point blank range. The Night-Born by London, Jack View in context Von Horn, possibly intentionally, misinterpreted the other's motive, and raising his bull whip struck Number Thirteen a vicious cut across the face, at the same time levelling his revolver point blank at the broad beast. The Monster Men by Burroughs, Edgar Rice View in context			plump for plump up plunge plunge down plunge from plunge in plunge into plunge to plunk down plus ça change ply ply between ply trade ply with po-faced poacher pock with pocket pocket of resistance pod poetic poetic justice poetic license point point at point blank point down to point is well taken point of no return point of view point out point the finger at point the way point to point to as point toward point up poise poise oneself for poise over poised poised for poised to do poison poison against poison with poke poke a hole in poke about poke along poke around			point at Point at infinity point at issue Point attractor Point attractor Point attractor Point Au Chene Branch Library Point Au Roche State Park point B point B point B point B point B point B Point Balance Point Balances Point bar Point bar Point Barrow Point Barrow Airport Point Barrow Geomagnetic Observatory Point Barrow, AK Point Barrow, Alaska point bars point bars Point Beach Energy Information Center Point Beach Nuclear Plant Point Beach State Forest point behavior point biserial correlation coefficient point blank Point Blank Area of Effect Point Blank Body Armor, Inc. Point blank range Point blank range Point Blank Shot Point Blank Solutions, Inc. Point Breeze Credit Union Point Breeze Performing Arts Center Point Bridget State Park Point Broughton Sailing Boat Club Point by Point Point Calimere point characteristic function Point Claim Form Guide Point Clark Networks Limited Point Click Kill Point code Point code Point Code Allowed Control Point Code Mapping Point Code Sub-System Number Point Coded Prohibited Control Point Collection, Couponing and Refunding Point Comfort and Northern Point Comfort and Northern Railway point contact

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