pure and simple

pure and simple
adjective
: of the clearest kind : mere, plain, absolute — used postpositively for emphasis

a pointer word pure and simple — Frederick Bodmer

he is an adventurer pure and simple

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pure and simple phrase
used for saying that there is no additional explanation for something

The murder was vengeance, pure and simple.

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Main entry: pure

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and nothing else (used for emphasis)

it was revenge, pure and simple

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pure and simple
: with nothing other than what has been mentioned
— used after a noun or phrase to add emphasis

It was fraud, pure and simple.

The relationship is over, pure and simple. [=the relationship is completely over]

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Main Entry: ↑pure
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pure and simple — see ↑pure
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Main Entry: ↑simple

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ˌpure and ˈsimple idiom
used after the noun that it refers to in order to emphasize that there is nothing but the thing you have just mentioned involved in sth

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It's laziness, pure and simple.

Main entry: ↑pureidiom

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