"spit facts" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: spits facts [present, singular, third-person], spitting facts [participle, present], spit facts [participle, past], spit facts [past], spat facts [participle, past], spat facts [past]
Etymology: spit (“to rap, to utter”) + facts. Etymology templates: {{m|en|spit||to rap, to utter}} spit (“to rap, to utter”), {{m|en|facts}} facts Head templates: {{en-verb|spit<,,spit:spat> facts}} spit facts (third-person singular simple present spits facts, present participle spitting facts, simple past and past participle spit facts or spat facts)
  1. (slang) To utter a statement, either of fact or opinion, that the speaker emphatically agrees with. Tags: slang Synonyms: spit, spit straight facts
    Sense id: en-spit_facts-en-verb-zVt5F-me Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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