pour out
phrasal verb
poured out; pouring out; pours out
: to freely express (an emotion) : to talk freely about (something personal)
I listened while he poured out his anger and frustration.
She poured out the whole story.
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Putin took off his jacket, poured out hefty vodka shots, put his arm around the Georgian and began to talk.
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Melik Kaylan, Forbes, 22 Mar. 2025
Comparisons are inevitable as soon as Stanley starts bellowing his wife’s name as though his guts were pouring out of him.
—Charles McNulty, Los Angeles Times, 12 Mar. 2025
LaBruce’s films are ludicrously graphic, every bodily fluid imaginable pouring out onto the screen.
—P.e. Moskowitz, Vulture, 7 Mar. 2025
Cases of Busch Light beer poured out of the truck after the wreck, which happened at about 2:30 a.m. Feb. 13 on Interstate 75 near a rest area in Ruskin, according to a Florida Highway Patrol news release.
—Natalie Demaree, Miami Herald, 13 Feb. 2025
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Melik Kaylan, Forbes, 22 Mar. 2025
Comparisons are inevitable as soon as Stanley starts bellowing his wife’s name as though his guts were pouring out of him.
—Charles McNulty, Los Angeles Times, 12 Mar. 2025
LaBruce’s films are ludicrously graphic, every bodily fluid imaginable pouring out onto the screen.
—P.e. Moskowitz, Vulture, 7 Mar. 2025
Cases of Busch Light beer poured out of the truck after the wreck, which happened at about 2:30 a.m. Feb. 13 on Interstate 75 near a rest area in Ruskin, according to a Florida Highway Patrol news release.
—Natalie Demaree, Miami Herald, 13 Feb. 2025
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“Pour out.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/pour%20out. Accessed 8 Apr. 2025.
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