to fire something at such close range that it cannot be missed
to express an issue in a blunt fashion, without trying to soften the meaning
frankly or straightforwardly
at close range; straight on; dead on; close up; frankly; bluntly; directly; straightforwardly
I asked the boy whether he thought that I was pretty, he said “no” point blank, without even trying to spare my feelings.
My mom said “no” point blank when asked whether we could go to Italy during our family vacation, I don’t think that she will change her mind.
During the Second World War, missiles were fired from point blank They were intended to kill all of the people in the nearby vicinity.
She asked me point blank whether I had cheated on the test.
The gun was fired from point blank.
There is no origin for this idiom
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