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Adverb: flat out  flat awt
  1. At top speed
    "he ran flat out to catch the bus";
    - like blue murder [informal]
     
  2. In a blunt direct manner
    "he spoke flat out";
    - bluffly, bluntly, brusquely, roundly, snappily [informal], abrasively