blurt out

Idioms and Phrases

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]

Example Sentences

But as soon as I see her it seems ridiculous to blurt out a speech like that the first thing.

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Demoralized, unstrung, they would blurt out the truth and so convict themselves.

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Sometimes he thought that it would be more endurable to blurt out the truth and go into banishment.

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Every word he uttered lashed her until she felt she must blurt out to him the thing she believed to be the truth.

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I was minded to blurt out the fact that she was not my niece at all; that I had no authority over her in any way.

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Related Words

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