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What does call a spade a spade mean?

Looking for the meaning or definition of the word call a spade a spade? Here's what it means.

Verb
  1. (idiomatic) bluntly put, to put it bluntly, to be outspoken; to speak the truth, to say things as they really are.
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I must emphasise, however, Mr President, that one should call a spade a spade and say what one thinks.
However, in order to drive this debate and get some clear answers, we need to call a spade a spade.
Well, to call a spade a spade, the large number of exceptions are a problem.
If the government caves in to special interest groups and political correctness then it should call a spade a spade.
And on the issue of productivity, let's call a spade a spade.
And in a world where we no longer call a spade a spade but a multi-purpose topsoil cultivator, we need characters not cardboard cut-outs.

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