"vent one's spleen" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: vents one's spleen [present, singular, third-person], venting one's spleen [participle, present], vented one's spleen [participle, past], vented one's spleen [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} vent one's spleen (third-person singular simple present vents one's spleen, present participle venting one's spleen, simple past and past participle vented one's spleen)
  1. To openly express pent-up anger, often on an unrelated matter or person. Categories (topical): Anger Synonyms: take it out on, vent one's gall Translations (to openly express pent-up anger): կատաղությունը թափել (kataġutʻyunə tʻapʻel) (Armenian), 向…發脾氣 (Chinese Mandarin), 向…发脾气 (xiàng...fā píqi) (Chinese Mandarin), zijn/haar hart luchten (Dutch), purkaa kiukkuaan (Finnish), passer ses nerfs (French), seine schlechte Laune an jmdm. auslassen (German), भड़ास निकालना (bhaṛās nikālnā) (Hindi), पित्ता निकालना (pittā nikālnā) (Hindi), ग़ुबार निकालना (ġubār nikālnā) (Hindi), जी का बुख़ार निकालना (jī kā buxār nikālnā) (Hindi), बुख़ार निकालना (buxār nikālnā) (Hindi), उतारना (utārnā) (Hindi), क्रोध उतारना (krodh utārnā) (Hindi), wyżalać się [imperfective] (Polish), wyżalić się [perfective] (Polish), desabafar (Portuguese), descontar em alguém (Portuguese), soltar (Spanish), descargar (Spanish)

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      "sense": "to openly express pent-up anger",
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      "sense": "to openly express pent-up anger",
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      "sense": "to openly express pent-up anger",
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      "sense": "to openly express pent-up anger",
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      "sense": "to openly express pent-up anger",
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      "sense": "to openly express pent-up anger",
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      "lang": "Hindi",
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      "word": "भड़ास निकालना"
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      "sense": "to openly express pent-up anger",
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      "roman": "ġubār nikālnā",
      "sense": "to openly express pent-up anger",
      "word": "ग़ुबार निकालना"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "jī kā buxār nikālnā",
      "sense": "to openly express pent-up anger",
      "word": "जी का बुख़ार निकालना"
    },
    {
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      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "buxār nikālnā",
      "sense": "to openly express pent-up anger",
      "word": "बुख़ार निकालना"
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      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "utārnā",
      "sense": "to openly express pent-up anger",
      "word": "उतारना"
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    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "krodh utārnā",
      "sense": "to openly express pent-up anger",
      "word": "क्रोध उतारना"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to openly express pent-up anger",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "wyżalać się"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to openly express pent-up anger",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "wyżalić się"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to openly express pent-up anger",
      "word": "desabafar"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to openly express pent-up anger",
      "word": "descontar em alguém"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "note": "срыва́ть злость (sryvátʹ zlostʹ) (на ком-либо/чём-либо, prepositional case)",
      "sense": "to openly express pent-up anger"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to openly express pent-up anger",
      "word": "soltar"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to openly express pent-up anger",
      "word": "descargar"
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  "word": "vent one's spleen"
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