Synonyms for flat out

Grammar : Adv

Spell : flat-out

Phonetic Transcription : ˈflætˈaʊt

Définition of flat out

Origin : early 14c., from Old Norse flatr, from Proto-Germanic *flataz (cf. Old Saxon flat "flat, shallow,: Old High German flaz "flat, level," Old English flet, Old High German flezzi "floor"), perhaps from PIE *plat- "to spread" (cf. Greek platys "broad, flat;" see plaice (n.)).
Sense of "prosaic, dull" is from 1570s; used of drink from c.1600; of musical notes from 1590s, because the tone is "lowered." Flat-out (adv.) "openly, directly" is from 1932; earlier it was a noun meaning "total failure" (1870, U.S. colloquial).

adv at top speed

Example sentences :

The force of the fall brought Steering to his knees, then flat out across the ledge, to get all the purchase power he could.
Extract from : « Sally of Missouri » by R. E. Young

It's dedicated to me—flat out—and you even crossed out the dedication and tidied me out of the introduction.
Extract from : « The Longest Journey » by E. M. Forster

They put up five dollars a side to wrestle on the flat out in front of the stockade.
Extract from : « Jack the Young Cowboy » by George Bird Grinnell

He has the term to finish, and certainly you would not have him flat out on his job when the end is in sight.
Extract from : « The Story of Porcelain » by Sara Ware Bassett

And now lay down that purse,” he continued briefly, “before I shoot the flat out of your eye.
Extract from : « Silver and Gold » by Dane Coolidge

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