pour out
phrasal 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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Our chief international correspondent James Longman has been here all week, including when that white smoke poured out.
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ABC News, 11 May 2025
But no, a damn bursts in him, and years of resentment about his rough childhood, his own time in the cage, and his resentment of the Lockwoods pours out of him.
—Sara Netzley, EW.com, 24 Apr. 2025
Like a radioactive neon green just poured out of my body.
—Cara Lynn Shultz, People.com, 16 May 2025
This looked like a man who has spent the season under pressure, worrying, his team not up to its usual standards, and all of that poured out in one moment of emotional release (top picture).
—Nick Miller, New York Times, 11 May 2025
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ABC News, 11 May 2025
But no, a damn bursts in him, and years of resentment about his rough childhood, his own time in the cage, and his resentment of the Lockwoods pours out of him.
—Sara Netzley, EW.com, 24 Apr. 2025
Like a radioactive neon green just poured out of my body.
—Cara Lynn Shultz, People.com, 16 May 2025
This looked like a man who has spent the season under pressure, worrying, his team not up to its usual standards, and all of that poured out in one moment of emotional release (top picture).
—Nick Miller, New York Times, 11 May 2025
See All Example Sentences for pour out
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“Pour out.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/pour%20out. Accessed 18 Jun. 2025.
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