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spit it out en · VERB

Pronunciation

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• [spɪ.ɾɪˈɾaʊt] (General-American, Received-Pronunciation)
• /spɪt ɪt ˈaʊt/ (General-American, Received-Pronunciation)

Meanings

1. (derogatory, imperative, often, slang) To overcome reluctance to say something particular or to speak in general.
   • "Hark ye, mistress," said the shepherd. "I've had much on my tongue this many a day, but you haven't given me the chance to spit it out. I won't be put off any longer." 1920, Sabine Baring-Gould, chapter XXII, in Mehalah: a story of the salt marshes:
   • "Well, don't be a miser with what you know," Scott said sharply, after waiting a suitable length of time. "Spit it out. What is it?" 1906 May–October, Jack London, chapter V, in White Fang, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company; London: Macmillan & Co., published October 1906, →OCLC, part 4 (The Superior Gods):
   • CHUBUKOV. Oh, don't go round and round it, darling! Spit it out! Well? LOMOV. One moment ... this very minute. The fact is, I've come to ask the hand of your daughter, Natalya Stepanovna, in marriage. 1889, Anton Chekhov, translated by Julius West, The Proposal:
   • – Sir, I... I... er... – Come on, man! Spit it out!

Forms

Antonyms

gild the pill · obfuscate · beat around the bush · sugarcoat the pill

Relateds

spill one's guts · come out with

Synonyms

out with it[Appendix:Glossary

Translations (17)

hu kibök (to overcome reluctance to say something particular or to speak in general) · pt desembuchar (to overcome reluctance to say something particular or to speak in general) · de spuck's aus (to overcome reluctance to say something particular or to speak in general) · pl wypluć (to overcome reluctance to say something particular or to speak in general) · hu bökd már ki (to overcome reluctance to say something particular or to speak in general) · es decirlo ya (to overcome reluctance to say something particular or to speak in general) · es soltarlo (to overcome reluctance to say something particular or to speak in general) · hu ki vele (to overcome reluctance to say something particular or to speak in general) · pl wypluwać (to overcome reluctance to say something particular or to speak in general) · es decirlo de una vez (to overcome reluctance to say something particular or to speak in general) · hu nyögd már ki (to overcome reluctance to say something particular or to speak in general) · ru коло́ться (to overcome reluctance to say something particular or to speak in general) · es desembucharlo (to overcome reluctance to say something particular or to speak in general) · fi kakistaa (to overcome reluctance to say something particular or to speak in general) · hu kinyög (to overcome reluctance to say something particular or to speak in general) · fr cracher le morceau (to overcome reluctance to say something particular or to speak in general) · ru выкла́дывать (to overcome reluctance to say something particular or to speak in general)