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straight out

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straight out
frankly; directly. Bob told Pam straight out that he didn't want to marry her. Jim was told straight out to start working harder.
See also: out, straight
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I went straight out in the country as much as a mile before I stopped; then I doubled back through the woods towards Phelps'.
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Joe's quick eye saw the opening, and he smashed straight out upon Ponta's mouth, following instantly with a half swing, half hook, for the jaw.
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I bounded straight out of the door again, reached that of the house, got, in an instant, upon the drive, and, passing along the terrace as fast as I could rush, turned a corner and came full in sight.
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