For the first time ever, she did not reject it out of hand but sat silent, thinking.

I want to know why you reject that out of hand.

Up until that moment he had thought the king was not listening, and would reject the whole idea out of hand.

He rejected the idea out of hand, and was correct, but for the wrong reason.

The king might not reject such a proposal out of hand.

But opposition groups rejected the Government's approach out of hand.

The Union however immediately rejected the proposal out of hand.

But he wasn't about to reject it out of hand.

I call on colleagues to reject this report out of hand.

Difficult when peers are so set in their ways as to reject any evidence out of hand.