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blurt out

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  1. Say abruptly or inadvertently, utter without thinking. For example, Unfortunately he blurted out how much he hated formal dinners just as his hostess walked in. [Late 1500s]


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I was just like, trying not to be a stuttering idiot, trying not to blurt out, “I love ‘Pretty Woman’!”

From Salon • Oct. 17, 2025

I blurt out in horror at my own comparative inadequacies on the romantic postal front.

From BBC • Nov. 14, 2023

Why would the Clippers want to acquire a player whose latest assessment of his current team’s president is to blurt out liar, liar, pants on fire?

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 14, 2023

No sooner did ChatGPT get unleashed than hackers started “jailbreaking” the artificial intelligence chatbot — trying to override its safeguards so it could blurt out something unhinged or obscene.

From Washington Times • May 10, 2023

I remember noticing how tense he’d got, and worrying he’d blurt out something completely daft.

From "Never Let Me Go" by Kazuo Ishiguro

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