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blurt out

Idioms  

  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]

Example Sentences

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

From BBC • Nov. 14, 2023

She didn't blurt out anything crazy or storm out of the room; however, she was devastated.

From Salon • Nov. 9, 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

We sit in silence awhile and then I blurt out the thing that’s on both our minds.

From "Catching Fire" by Suzanne Collins

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