"spill one's guts" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

Audio: En-au-spill one's guts.ogg Forms: spills one's guts [present, singular, third-person], spilling one's guts [participle, present], spilled one's guts [participle, past], spilled one's guts [past], spilt one's guts [participle, past], spilt one's guts [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*|past2=spilt one's guts}} spill one's guts (third-person singular simple present spills one's guts, present participle spilling one's guts, simple past and past participle spilled one's guts or spilt one's guts)
  1. (slang, idiomatic) To confess, or to divulge secrets, typically speaking freely and at length after a change of motive or an incentive. Tags: idiomatic, slang Categories (topical): Talking Synonyms: spill the beans Related terms: spill the beans, spit it out Translations (confess, or to divulge secrets, typically speaking freely and at length after a change of motive or an incentive): раска́лываться (raskályvatʹsja) [imperfective] (Russian), расколо́ться (raskolótʹsja) (english: lit: to split up) (Russian)
    Sense id: en-spill_one's_guts-en-verb-erZYqVKa Disambiguation of Talking: 89 11 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English predicates, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Russian translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 89 11 Disambiguation of English predicates: 59 41 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 83 17 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 87 13 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 89 11 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 87 13 Disambiguation of 'confess, or to divulge secrets, typically speaking freely and at length after a change of motive or an incentive': 100 0
  2. (slang, idiomatic) To vomit. Tags: idiomatic, slang
    Sense id: en-spill_one's_guts-en-verb-ndNoz1AC

Alternative forms

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