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Discover LudwigThe phrase "flat-out wrong" is commonly used in written English
It is used to stress that something is totally, absolutely incorrect. For example, "His answer was flat-out wrong."
Idiom
Flat out.
If you work flat out, you work as hard and fast as you possibly can.
Exact(43)
That last statement was flat-out wrong.
So Mr. Dobbs was flat-out wrong.
These rumors are wrong, flat-out wrong.
They were indecisive and sometimes flat-out wrong.
But it is flat-out wrong to expect them.
Mr. Rotella, who is 37, has denied the charges as "completely baseless and flat-out wrong".
Similar(17)
That is flat out wrong.
Because they are flat out wrong.
"Con Ed is flat out wrong to hold up these rebates," she said.
"That's flat out wrong," said John McArdle, a spokesman for Senator Bruno.
That's flat out wrong, he says.
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