point-blank
[adjective]
Synonyms:
- direct, blunt, downright, explicit, express, plain
[adverb]
Synonyms:
- directly, bluntly, candidly, explicitly, forthrightly, frankly, openly, plainly, straight

[TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲

ˌpoint-ˈblank adverb

1. if you say or refuse something point-blank, you do it directly and without trying to explain your reasons:
He refused point-blank to identify his accomplices.
I told him point-blank that I didn’t want to get involved.

2. a gun fired point-blank is fired very close to the person or thing it is aimed at:
The victim was shot point-blank in the chest.
—point-blank adjective:
a point-blank refusal
The bullet was fired at point-blank range.

[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲

point blank
1.
if you refuse point blank, you refuse completely and will not change your decision.
He locked himself in the bathroom and refused point blank to come out.

2.
if you ask or tell someone point blank about something that could upset or embarrass them, you ask or tell them directly.
You'll have to ask him point blank whether he took the money or not.

[TahlilGaran] English Idioms Dictionary ▲

point-blank
point blank - if you refuse point blank, you refuse completely and will not change your decision.
Journalists were infuriated by her point-blank refusal to discuss their divorce.
(always before noun)

[TahlilGaran] English Idioms Dictionary ▲

point blank
adv. Straightforwardly; bluntly; directly.
Sue refused point-blank to discuss marriage with Sam.

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