Sekirov Dictionary

flat out

/ˌflæt ˈaʊt/

noun 5
adjective 3
adverb 2
verb 2
forms 4

noun5

A baked portion of flatbread; a baked item that is not meant to rise.
A wrap, an item of food consisting of various ingredients wrapped in a tortilla or pancake.
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A section of piste that is relatively flat, causing or allowing skiers to slow down.
- The would-be daredevils are mercifully prevented from going too fast by strategically placed flat-outs. — 1979
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An uncambered corner of racetrack; a racetrack whose corners are uncambered.
- The circuit is very well endowed with corners of all sorts from hairpins to flat-outs, has a 1,540-yd. straight and measures 5.2 miles, partly on an airfield, partly through a built-up area. — 1952
(US, old-fashioned) A total failure.

adjective3

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Complete, total, downright.
- I put up with a lot from them: sexist and racist jokes, routine descriptions of masculinist sexploitation, flat-out ridicule for my feminist views. — 2008
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Very busy.
- I know we are all flat out. That is the way it is. We are flat out, and it becomes a way of life. — 2006
(Australia) Lazy, sleeping.

adverb2

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At top speed.
- After 10 minutes of running flat out, he was out of breath.
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Without hesitation or reservation, bluntly, no holds barred, totally, outright.
- She thought it was best to tell him she didn't love him flat out.
- He was flat out furious when his car was stolen.

verb2

To fail after a promising beginning; to disappoint expectations.
(no longer used) Synonym of flatten out (to make flat)

forms

flatted out · flatting out · flats out · flat outs

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