to blurt out
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3.9
- phrasal verb
- /blɜrt aʊt/
- Informal
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soltar
- You expect me to just blurt it all out?
You can't just blurt out your whole life like I'm doing right now.
- You can't just blurt out your whole life like I'm doing right now.
- Just kind of blurted out all my feelings about this topic.
- Don't just blurt it out unless you are so confident.
- Dude, if anything makes you that mad that you start blurting out racial slurs, don't play it right.
- But that's kind of all they are, is someone who blurts out things that people don't want to hear and you go, God, this person's difficult to be around.
- We had that awkward silence moment and I never respond well to those moments so I blurted out.
- So as I tell my students, when they come to me with the big idea that they're not sure as right, I say, look, blurt it out.
- But at one point he just kind of blurted out that if you have an idea, you have to write it down and you may end up throwing it away.
- People just blurted out and it's called on the nose dialogue.
- When they come to dialogue, people just blurt it out and it's called on the nose dialogue.
- My mum does have to blurt out for the YouTube.
- Mentally managed to blurt out each repetition, punctuated by a heaving SOB.
- Some of you, some of you scooped that I'd announced in the video, but really, you really all fought in your heart that I just blurted out, didn't you?
Examples
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"Thank you very much," I blurted out, "but I don't go to church."
Fiction book (1990) -
Horrified, I heard myself blurt it out.
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I just blurted it out.
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Johnny raised his hand and blurted out a question about number 3.
Academic text (2007) -
Please taste each drink and immediately blurt out what flavor you think it is.
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I don't know what made me blurt it out like that.
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"At this, Joe blurted out, "We didn't do anything to you."
Academic text (2009) -
In my desperation, I blurted out, "I want you to make me cry at the concert!"
Academic text (2014) -
I'm sorry, I didn't mean to just blurt that out.
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In a moment of excitement, she couldn't help but blurt out the surprise party plans before they were finalized.
Synonyms
81
3.4
Say something suddenly and loudly because you feel surprised or excited
59
4.8
To say something suddenly without thinking because you feel excited or nervous
39
6.5
To say something quickly to interrupt someone
15
4.4
To say words quickly and angrily to show dislike
11
4.8
To say a list of things quickly without thinking much
9
3.3
Suddenly say something or make a loud sound
6
8.1
To speak or act quickly without thinking carefully
5
8.0
To say things carelessly or proudly without thinking about the result
2
8.7
To say something suddenly and loudly because of surprise or strong feeling
1
8.1
To suddenly say something angry without warning
1
8.9
To speak quickly without thinking and risk upsetting people
1
9.5
To make a short silly sound suddenly
1
9.4
Say things quickly without thinking that may hurt people or make you sorry later
To say something quickly and carelessly without thinking
To say something quickly without thinking
To tell secrets without thinking
Antonyms
- Informal
4
3.5
To pause and imagine how your words will affect others before you say them
How Impulsive
Surface Forms
Morphology
The verb 'blurt' already encodes 'to say something suddenly and carelessly' and the particle 'out' simply marks the outward expression; the combined sense is directly derivable from the constituent meanings and follows a common verb+particle pattern. A B1 learner who knows both 'blurt' and 'out' would therefore readily infer 'to say something suddenly and impulsively', so the item is transparent.
Etymology
Blurt out may come from the image of words suddenly bursting from the mouth. Imagine trying to keep a secret but a sound pops free—blurt shows the sudden noise and out shows it leaving you, so the phrase means 'to say something suddenly and without thinking'.