come out with
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Also, come right out with.
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Put into words; speak frankly. For example, He always comes right out with the truth , or She can always come out with a pun . The first term dates from the mid-1400s, the variant from the second half of the 1800s.
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Make public, publish, as in I don't know why they're coming out with yet another biography of Truman . [Late 1500s]
Example Sentences
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We started stealing a page from the fashion industry, where fashion labels come out with their lookbooks on trends that season.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 16, 2026
"But they do this with them -- they come out with them, and they're part of it."
From Barron's ● Jun. 15, 2026
"I don't have to deny it. I don't have to acknowledge it. When they come out with the proof that what they're saying is the reality, then we'll have a conversation."
From BBC ● May 17, 2026
I think when we do play, especially around this time, you can see throughout March Madness, we come out with a certain level of urgency because it is our last year.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 3, 2026
It was partly, I suppose, that I was so floored by the fact that Ruth would come out with such a trick.
From "Never Let Me Go" by Kazuo Ishiguro
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