"blurt out" meaning in English

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Verb

Audio: en-au-blurt out.ogg [Australia] Forms: blurts out [present, singular, third-person], blurting out [participle, present], blurted out [participle, past], blurted out [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} blurt out (third-person singular simple present blurts out, present participle blurting out, simple past and past participle blurted out)
  1. (idiomatic) To say suddenly, without thinking Tags: idiomatic Categories (topical): Communication

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for blurt out meaning in English (2.2kB)

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