outrageous thing

collocation in English

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outrageous
adjective
uk
/ˌaʊtˈreɪ.dʒəs/us
/ˌaʊtˈreɪ.dʒəs/
shocking and ...
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thing
noun
uk
/θɪŋ/us
/θɪŋ/
used to refer in an approximate way to an object or to avoid ...
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(Definition ofoutrageousandthingfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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That doesn't seem like anoutrageousthingto say, though large numbers of philosophers seem attached to a sharp dichotomy between cognitive and non-cognitive attitudes.
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That is really a mostoutrageousthingto say.
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It really was the mostoutrageousthingto say.
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I have never heard such anoutrageousthingin my life.
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That is an absolutely scandalous andoutrageousthingto say.
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That is anoutrageousthingto say.
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What anoutrageousthingto say!
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I condemn the economies, as being the most brutal andoutrageousthingthat we have ever seen in capitalist society.
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That would be anoutrageousthingto do, and there is not a solitary argument in favour of it.
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I venture to suggest it is a mostoutrageousthingthat compensation should be considered at all in the slightest degree.
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It is anoutrageousthingthat citizens of this country should he asked to pay taxes when nobody really understands what is meant by the provisions imposing those taxes.
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Does it not seem to be anoutrageousthingthat these extraordinary charges are proposed to be made for the use of telephones on these racecourses?
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That is a perfectlyoutrageousthing.
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But theoutrageousthingis that a large number of them are the wives and families of serving men.
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I gather that in certain cases—this sounds anoutrageousthingto say—those who suffer in this way are actively seeking to spread the disease.
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That is anoutrageousthingwhich cannot be supported on ethical grounds, on any principle of common sense, or upheld in any circumstances.
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This is anoutrageousthingto say, and in my view child policy is also part of the social protection we owe our citizens.
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I never knew a man who could say such outrageous things with such charm.
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On the other hand, all sorts of outrageous things may have happened.
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I have asked for more outrageous things in my time, but the money that we need will do.
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