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spout out

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spout something out

 

1. Lit. to exude a liquid. The hose spouted the cooling water out all over the children. It spouted out cooling water.

2. Fig. to blurt something out; to speak out suddenly, revealing some important piece of information. She spouted the name of the secret agent out under the effects of the drug. She spouted out everything we wanted to know.

See also: out, spout