point blank
Directly; bluntly; without pretense or caution.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
“He asked me point blank if I liked the gift.”
“When she realized he was lying, she looked him in the eye and asked point blank why he did it.”
“The journalist questioned the politician point blank about the missing funds, leaving him no room to avoid the truth.”
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all points of the compass
Every direction; everywhere.
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beside the point
Irrelevant, moot.
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blank out
To become blank.
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boiling point
The state of being heated, with high aggression.
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brownie point
Credit or praise for good work or a good deed, often for the express purpose of currying favor.
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draw a blank
To be unable to recall a required piece of information.
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fill in the blank
A placeholder allowing for any of a variety of possible answers or a single elicited answer.
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get the point
To understand; to interpret correctly.
Last updated August 10, 2026