Choose the correct meaning of the idiom in bold in the following sentence:
She rejected his proposal of marriage point blank:
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 4
The correct answer is Option (4) → Directly
Point blank means directly and bluntly, without explanation or any attempt to be polite. A shot fired at point-blank range is fired from very close; in the same way, a point-blank refusal is plain and straight. She rejected the proposal directly, without softening it.
Example: He refused point blank to lend me his bike.