blurt sth out
— phrasal verb with blurt uk/blɜːt/us/blɝːt/verb
to say something suddenly and without thinking, usually because you are excited or nervous:
He blurted everything out about the baby, though we'd agreed to keep it a secret for a while.
[ + speech ] She suddenly blurted out, "I can't do it!"
[ + that ] Late one evening, Gianni blurted out that he loved her.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Interrupting & preventing from speaking
- barge
- butt in
- buttonhole
- chime
- chip in
- cut the crap! idiom
- heckle
- horn in
- interject
- interpose
- interrupt
- interruption
- mike check
- put a sock in it! idiom
- shush
- shut
- sock
- speak
- speak when you're spoken to! idiom
- strike
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