pour out

verb

poured out; pouring out; pours out

: to freely express (an emotion) : to talk freely about (something personal)

I listened while he poured out his anger and frustration.

She poured out the whole story.

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Additional videos from the scene show a man with a bloodied face after the attack, as well as flame pouring out of a burning car with Palestinian license plates. — Oren Liebermann, CNN Money, 16 Oct. 2026 Holmes is one of those smile-talkers—people who grin as words pour out of their mouths. — Stephanie Zacharek, Time, 16 Oct. 2026 The torrent of money pouring out of the government, the central bank, and the private sector will make the AI bubble much bigger than any of its predecessors. — Ruchir Sharma, Foreign Affairs, 13 Oct. 2026 Let’s spin that question around the blender and see what pours out. — Jayson Stark, New York Times, 4 Oct. 2026 See All Example Sentences for pour out

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