pour out
phrasal verb
poured out; pouring out; pours out
: to freely express (an emotion) : to talk freely about (something personal)
I listened while he poured out his anger and frustration.
She poured out the whole story.
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At the venue, a Black SUV pulls into a parking lot, where Ken and his Opium crew—including a kid who barely could be described as a teen—pour out of the vehicle.
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Alphonse Pierre, Pitchfork, 4 Nov. 2024
There’s a powerful scene in a ritzy restaurant, where his class anger comes pouring out.
—Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 1 Nov. 2024
But when the last out was recorded, a club so hungry to add to its 2020 title came pouring out of the dugout, mobbing Buehler on the mound before hoisting the commissioner’s trophy high into the New York night.
—Jack Harris, Los Angeles Times, 31 Oct. 2024
So on Thursday, when a sea of green t-shirts poured out at the pace of pallbearers onto the Coliseum’s pedestrian bridge following the A’s final day in Oakland, there was no sign of Bobbitt, who’d left hours earlier.
—Shomik Mukherjee, The Mercury News, 29 Sep. 2024
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Alphonse Pierre, Pitchfork, 4 Nov. 2024
There’s a powerful scene in a ritzy restaurant, where his class anger comes pouring out.
—Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 1 Nov. 2024
But when the last out was recorded, a club so hungry to add to its 2020 title came pouring out of the dugout, mobbing Buehler on the mound before hoisting the commissioner’s trophy high into the New York night.
—Jack Harris, Los Angeles Times, 31 Oct. 2024
So on Thursday, when a sea of green t-shirts poured out at the pace of pallbearers onto the Coliseum’s pedestrian bridge following the A’s final day in Oakland, there was no sign of Bobbitt, who’d left hours earlier.
—Shomik Mukherjee, The Mercury News, 29 Sep. 2024
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“Pour out.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/pour%20out. Accessed 17 Nov. 2024.
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