Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English - point-blank
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Point-blank
point-blank
~ adv 1 if you say or refuse something point-blank, you do it directly and without trying to explain your reasons (I told him point-blank that I did not want to be involved in the deal.) 2 a gun fired point-blank is fired very close to the person or thing it is aimed at (Dodds fired both barrels point-blank at his former lover.) - point-blank adj (shot at point-blank range)
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1. If you say something point-blank, you say it very directly or rudely, without explaining or apologizing. The army apparently refused point blank to do what was required of them... ADV: ADV after v • Point-blank is also an adjective. ...a point-blank refusal. ADJ: ADJ n 2. If someone or something is shot point-blank, they are shot when the gun is touching them or extremely close to them. He fired point-blank at Bernadette. ADV: ADV after v • Point-blank is also an adjective. He had been shot at point-blank range in the back of the head. ADJ: ADJ n ...Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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adjective Date: 1591 1. a. marked by no appreciable drop below initial horizontal line of flight b. so close to a target that a missile fired will travel in a straight line to the mark 2. direct, blunt a ~ refusal • ~ adverb ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
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adj. & adv. --adj. 1 a (of a shot) aimed or fired horizontally at a range very close to the target. b (of a distance or range) very close. 2 (of a remark, question, etc.) blunt, direct. --adv. 1 at very close range. 2 directly, bluntly. Etymology: prob. f. POINT + BLANK = white spot in the centre of a target ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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1. прямой, резкий, решительный, категорический point-blank refusal —- решительный отказ point-blank denial —- категорическое отрицание; опровержение 2. воен. горизонтальный, неприцельный point-blank range —- дальность прямого выстрела point-blank fire —- стрельба прямой наводкой 3. прямо, решительно, резко, категорически to speak point-blank —- говорить напрямик (без обиняков) he denied the accusation point-blank —- он решительно отверг обвинение 4. воен. в упор; прямой наводкой to aim point-blank at smb. —- целиться в упор в кого-л. ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
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1. adj. 1) решительный, резкий, категорический 2) mil. горизонтальный (о выстреле) 2. adv. 1) прямо, решительно, резко, категорически, наотрез 2) mil. прямой наводкой, в упор ...Англо-русский словарь
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{adv.} Straightforwardly; bluntly; directly. * /Sue refused point-blank to discuss marriage with Sam./ ...Английский словарь американских идиом
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