Definition of "out-and-out"

out-and-out

adjective
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1. Complete, utter.
  Quotations
  I'm sure most of the people in this room will share the same view, but even as an out-and-out atheist one can't help noticing that the role of a god has had an enormously profound impact on human history over many, many centuries.
  1998, Douglas Adams, speech at Cambridge, UK.
2. (animal husbandry) thoroughly cross-bred; a breeding strategy esp. with poultry where new roosters are circulated yearly to maintain a mongrel flock.
  Quotations
  1840 May, Vol XXI Second Series, The Sporting Magazine