| 单词 | to come right out and say |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto come right out and say (ask, etc.) b. colloquial (originally and chiefly North American). to come right out with: to say (something) in a sudden, frank, tactless, or rude manner; to blurt out. Frequently in to come right out with it. Also in to come right out and say (ask, etc.). ΘΚΠ the mind > language > speech > speak, say, or utter [verb (transitive)] > without restraint, openly, or recklessly > blurt out braid1562 blurt1573 bolt1577 plump1579 sot1608 to bounce out (with)c1626 flirt1641 blutter1684 to come right out with1861 to give vent1870 blat1879 whip1889 1861 Boston Rev. July 416 If the candidate, when asked to state his belief, does not come right out with clear Scriptural statement, I cannot see what is the use of spending half a day in trying to force it out of him. 1878 H. James Watch & Ward xi. 205 Do you know what he intimated? indeed, he came right out with it. 1928 Sat. Evening Post (Philadelphia) 7 Jan. 8/1 Why don't you come right out and say how it happened? 1934 J. O'Hara Appointment in Samarra (1935) iv. 99 Well, Kitty, you know how she is. Comes right out with it. 1966 Toronto Daily Star 1 Mar. 39/1 After considerable hinting, she finally came right out and asked for the painting. 1996 M. Cheek Sleeping Beauties iv. 32 You have to come right out with it and say so. 2013 G. Parker Shutout Girl xi. 119 Jed had always been one to come right out with the bald truth. < as lemmas |
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