Hello native English speakers
1.Despite the fact that the errors seem mostly on the low side, out-and-out bad faith appears to be rare.

2.These sessions focus on what we need to do to out-innovate, out-educate, and out-build our competitors around the world.

Question: What is the meaning of the "out-and out" (as an adjective) in the sentence 1#, and , in the sentence 2#, the "out do" (which is similar to the "out innovate, out-build(as a transitive verb here) ?

Question

Hello native English speakers
1.Despite the fact that the errors seem mostly on the low side, out-and-out bad faith appears to be rare.

2.These sessions focus on what we need to do to out-innovate, out-educate, and out-build our competitors around the world.

Question: What is the meaning of the "out-and out" (as an adjective) in the sentence 1#, and , in the sentence 2#, the "out do" (which is similar to the "out innovate, out-build(as a transitive verb here) ?

Answer

"Out and out" means "blatantly".

Answer

1 - total/ complete
2 - the 'out-' indicates that we need to be more innovative, more educational and to build better than all our competitors

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