flat out

His hands were of the same somber hue as the bare feet of the children who clustered near the table, looking toward it whistfully until the eldest mustered sufficient courage to ask his mother for "one of 'em yere flat-outs."

The would-be daredevils are mercifully prevented from going too fast by strategically placed flat-outs.

The circuit is very well endowed with corners of all sorts from hairpins to flat-outs, has a 1,540-yd. straight and measures 5.2 miles, partly on an airfield, partly through a built-up area.