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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During the hours after Assad fled into exile, though, the guards at his prisons abandoned their posts, and inmates poured out.
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Jon Lee Anderson, The New Yorker, 27 Jan. 2025
Andrews poured out his emotions on the drop, which was certainly tough to watch for Ravens and NFL fans alike.
—John Yoo and John Shu, Newsweek, 24 Jan. 2025
Because pouring out too often for others from an empty cup, will only end you up feeling empty.
—Sophia A. Nelson, Forbes, 21 Jan. 2025
Firefighters are warning that the smoke pouring out of neighborhoods in Southern California is a poisonous soup, in part because of the ubiquity of plastics and other petrochemical products inside them.
—Zoë Schlanger, The Atlantic, 15 Jan. 2025
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Jon Lee Anderson, The New Yorker, 27 Jan. 2025
Andrews poured out his emotions on the drop, which was certainly tough to watch for Ravens and NFL fans alike.
—John Yoo and John Shu, Newsweek, 24 Jan. 2025
Because pouring out too often for others from an empty cup, will only end you up feeling empty.
—Sophia A. Nelson, Forbes, 21 Jan. 2025
Firefighters are warning that the smoke pouring out of neighborhoods in Southern California is a poisonous soup, in part because of the ubiquity of plastics and other petrochemical products inside them.
—Zoë Schlanger, The Atlantic, 15 Jan. 2025
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“Pour out.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/pour%20out. Accessed 8 Feb. 2025.
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