| 单词 | to spit it out |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto spit it out 4. With out (or †forth): To utter in a proud, spiteful, plain, or unreserved manner. Also without adverb: To speak (a language). Frequently in to spit it out: to reveal, confess, disclose something. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > speech > speak, say, or utter [verb (transitive)] > without restraint, openly, or recklessly clatterc1325 to say outc1384 parbreak1402 blunder1483 blab1535 overshoot1549 spita1616 spawn1631 the mind > language > a language > using or speaking languages > speak a language [verb (transitive)] parley1570 spit1701 patter1811 society > communication > manifestation > disclosure or revelation > disclose or make revelations [verb (intransitive)] > reveal one's true character > confess subscribea1616 confess to1771 own1772 admit1830 to make a clean breast of1838 fess1840 to own up1844 to spit it out1855 to make a clean breast of it1878 cough1901 to come clean1919 to spill one's guts (out)1927 tell papa1929 a1616 W. Shakespeare King John (1623) ii. i. 459 A large mouth indeede, That spits forth death, and mountaines. View more context for this quotation 1639 S. Du Verger tr. J.-P. Camus Admirable Events 310 Those students, who returning from the Universities, spit out at their mouth the superfluities of their memory. 1656 J. Smith Myst. Rhetorique Unvail'd 80 Thus Michael spits out bitter reproaches against David. 1701 C. Cibber Love makes Man ii. 13 Car. Does my younger Brother speak any Greek yet, Sancho? Sanc. No, Sir, but he spits French like a Magpy. 1855 E. C. Gaskell North & South I. xxv. 313 I'm easier in my mind for having spit it out. 1876 T. Hardy Hand of Ethelberta I. i. 7 A good saying well spit out is a Christmas fire to my withered heart. 1904 A. Griffiths Fifty Years Public Service 11 Now Sir, speak up... Don't be afraid, spit it out. 1920 J. Galsworthy Skin Game i. 31 Don't be so mysterious, mother. If you know something, do spit it out! 1935 W. H. Auden & C. Isherwood Dog beneath Skin ii. v. 115 Go on, then, spit it aht! 1950 J. Cannan Murder Included vi. 123 ‘I've gotta clue.’.. ‘Spit it out, for mercy's sake, boy.’ 1981 A. Price Soldier no More 43 ‘Well—spit it out, man! Don't just stand there,’ Willis exhorted him. < as lemmas |
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