to spit out
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2.3
- phrasal verb
- /spɪt aʊt/
:
escupir
- After tasting the awful food, he quickly spit out what was in his mouth.
- chew and spit out
- spit out the gum
- spit out a mouthful
I have a strong rule, I don't spit out food in life.
- I have a strong rule, I don't spit out food in life.
- Put something in your mouth, get searched, spit it out, put it back, move on.
- But then I'm like, can I spit out salt water in my bathroom sink?
- And they pass it in when they chew on fruit and they spit out the pits and so on.
- I woke up from the girls tearing apart Orpheus dolls and spitting the seeds out the window.
Examples
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She couldn't hold the bitter medicine in her mouth any longer, so she had to spit out the remaining liquid.
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The child was taught to spit out the gum after he finished chewing.
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I had to put it in my mouth and spit it out onto my hands.
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Joe, just spit it out.
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Just spit it out already.
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And spit out that gum.
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Spit out the gum, sister.
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The patient could not swallow even her saliva and spit out about a thousand milliliters per day.
Academic text (2007) -
Her eldest child spits out a piece of maggoty apple.
Academic text (2007) -
Nudie takes a swig and spits the contents out the window.
Fiction book (1990)
Synonyms
315
1.0
To force liquid out of the mouth, often onto the ground
34
5.0
Push out a substance, for example gas from a body or container
15
5.9
To force out large amounts of something like smoke or words
8
4.6
To bring mucus or blood up from the lungs into the mouth
6
4.2
To push something out with effort or pressure
3
5.6
To push out small bits or drops with popping sounds
1
6.5
To spit out saliva, phlegm, or mucus from your mouth
1
4.1
To push food, milk, or phlegm out of the mouth
1
9.9
To cough up and spit out mucus from the throat or lungs
1
4.1
To force mucus out of the lungs through the mouth
1
9.9
To force something out of the mouth, like saliva or vomit
To spit forcefully in a rude way
To push saliva out from under the tongue
Antonyms
How Forceful
Surface Forms
Morphology
The sense 'to say something quickly or forcefully' is directly derived from the literal verb 'spit' (to forcefully eject) combined with the particle 'out' (outward motion); this bodily-ejection metaphor maps transparently onto ejecting words. The composition follows a common phrasal-verb/metaphorical pattern that a B1 learner who knows both constituents would readily infer.
Etymology
Spit out comes from the simple image of someone using their mouth to spit something out, like food or gum that tastes bad. So, it means 'to forcefully eject something from the mouth'.