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Blurt out   /blərt aʊt/   Listen
Blurt out

verb
1.
Utter impulsively.  Synonyms: blunder, blunder out, blurt, ejaculate.  "He blundered his stupid ideas"






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"Blurt out" Quotes from Famous Books



... this time Larry had recovered himself sufficiently to blurt out: "I kin lift an' haul an' run errants an' do all sorts o' work about the place. Won't ye try me, Mister? Lemme carry out that box ter show ye how strong I am;" and suiting the action to the words, he shouldered a heavy packing-case and was out upon the sidewalk and depositing it upon ...
— Dreamland • Julie M. Lippmann

... little old man with an expression of illconcealed rage. He was about to blurt out some angry reply, when a warning gesture from Dan checked him. Without speaking, he flung himself ...
— The Inn at the Red Oak • Latta Griswold

... his mind to blurt out his request, Maury had turned coolly to the girl, helped her into the car and, with a polite "good evening," stepped in after her. As he nodded from the window it seemed to Anthony that his expression had not ...
— The Beautiful and Damned • F. Scott Fitzgerald

... fool to say that I wanted work," he said to himself, "and perhaps a greater fool to blurt out the fact that I had no respectable references so easily. However, I've done for myself in that quarter. The British dragon, Mrs. Grundy, would never admit a man as tutor to her boys under these mysterious circumstances. All the better, ...
— Under False Pretences - A Novel • Adeline Sergeant

... fellow was not worth a thought! That was the rotten part of it. As he looked at her he felt strongly tempted to blurt out the truth; to tell her that it was he who wrote that letter—to undeceive her once and ...
— The Phantom Lover • Ruby M. Ayres



Words linked to "Blurt out" :   blurt, mouth, utter, ejaculate, blunder out, speak, verbalize, talk, verbalise



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