"vent one's gall" meaning in English

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Verb

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-vent one's gall.wav Forms: vents one's gall [present, singular, third-person], venting one's gall [participle, present], vented one's gall [participle, past], vented one's gall [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} vent one's gall (third-person singular simple present vents one's gall, present participle venting one's gall, simple past and past participle vented one's gall)
  1. To openly express anger or frustration. Synonyms: get something off one's chest, get something out of one's system, vent one's spleen
    Sense id: en-vent_one's_gall-en-verb-XAcx~j8x Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries
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