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"text": "– Sir, I ... I ... er ...\n– Come on man! Spit it out!"
},
{
"ref": "1889, Anton Chekhov, translated by Julius West, The Proposal",
"text": "CHUBUKOV. Oh, don't go round and round it, darling! Spit it out! Well?\nLOMOV. One moment ... this very minute. The fact is, I've come to ask the hand of your daughter, Natalya Stepanovna, in marriage.",
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{
"ref": "1920, Sabine Baring-Gould, chapter XXII, in Mehalah: a story of the salt marshes",
"text": "\"Hark ye, mistress,\" said the shepherd. \"I've had much on my tongue this many a day, but you haven't given me the chance to spit it out. I won't be put off any longer.\"",
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"To overcome reluctance to say something particular or to speak in general."
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"(informal, often imperative) To overcome reluctance to say something particular or to speak in general."
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"word": "out with it"
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"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to overcome reluctance to say something particular or to speak in general",
"word": "kakistaa"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to overcome reluctance to say something particular or to speak in general",
"word": "cracher le morceau"
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"code": "de",
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"sense": "to overcome reluctance to say something particular or to speak in general",
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"word": "spuck's aus"
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"sense": "to overcome reluctance to say something particular or to speak in general",
"word": "kibök"
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"sense": "to overcome reluctance to say something particular or to speak in general",
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"sense": "to overcome reluctance to say something particular or to speak in general",
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"word": "ki vele"
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"sense": "to overcome reluctance to say something particular or to speak in general",
"word": "nyögd már ki"
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"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to overcome reluctance to say something particular or to speak in general",
"word": "bökd már ki"
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"sense": "to overcome reluctance to say something particular or to speak in general",
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"imperfective"
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"word": "wypluwać"
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"code": "ru",
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"roman": "vykládyvatʹ",
"sense": "to overcome reluctance to say something particular or to speak in general",
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"imperfective"
],
"word": "выкла́дывать"
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"roman": "kolótʹsja",
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"text": "– Sir, I ... I ... er ...\n– Come on man! Spit it out!"
},
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"ref": "1889, Anton Chekhov, translated by Julius West, The Proposal",
"text": "CHUBUKOV. Oh, don't go round and round it, darling! Spit it out! Well?\nLOMOV. One moment ... this very minute. The fact is, I've come to ask the hand of your daughter, Natalya Stepanovna, in marriage.",
"type": "quotation"
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"ref": "1920, Sabine Baring-Gould, chapter XXII, in Mehalah: a story of the salt marshes",
"text": "\"Hark ye, mistress,\" said the shepherd. \"I've had much on my tongue this many a day, but you haven't given me the chance to spit it out. I won't be put off any longer.\"",
"type": "quotation"
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"To overcome reluctance to say something particular or to speak in general."
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"(informal, often imperative) To overcome reluctance to say something particular or to speak in general."
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"word": "out with it"
}
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"translations": [
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"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to overcome reluctance to say something particular or to speak in general",
"word": "kakistaa"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to overcome reluctance to say something particular or to speak in general",
"word": "cracher le morceau"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to overcome reluctance to say something particular or to speak in general",
"tags": [
"imperative",
"slang"
],
"word": "spuck's aus"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to overcome reluctance to say something particular or to speak in general",
"word": "kibök"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to overcome reluctance to say something particular or to speak in general",
"word": "kinyög"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to overcome reluctance to say something particular or to speak in general",
"tags": [
"imperative"
],
"word": "ki vele"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to overcome reluctance to say something particular or to speak in general",
"word": "nyögd már ki"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to overcome reluctance to say something particular or to speak in general",
"word": "bökd már ki"
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"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to overcome reluctance to say something particular or to speak in general",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
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"code": "pl",
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"sense": "to overcome reluctance to say something particular or to speak in general",
"tags": [
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"word": "wypluć"
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"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "vykládyvatʹ",
"sense": "to overcome reluctance to say something particular or to speak in general",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "выкла́дывать"
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"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "kolótʹsja",
"sense": "to overcome reluctance to say something particular or to speak in general",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
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"word": "коло́ться"
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"word": "spit it out"
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