pour out

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pour out

verb pours out · pouring out · poured out

  1. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see pour, out.
  2. transitive To serve a drink into a cup or glass. I poured out three beers for my guests.
  3. transitive To distribute or spread (something), as if it were a liquid. […] therefore my wrath shall be poured out upon this place, and shall not be quenched.
  4. intransitive To leave a place quickly, and in large numbers. The rats came pouring out of every possible opening in the burning warehouse.

    Similar: spill out

  5. transitive To talk volubly and deeply. Usually implies telling the truth. She started crying, and she poured out the whole story, right from the beginning.

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verb distribute or spread (something), as if it were a liquid

Españolverter
日本語注ぎ出す sosogidasu
中文倒出 dàochū
Portuguêsdespejar
Françaisverser
Deutschausgießen
Русскийвылива́ть vylivátʹ, вы́лить výlitʹ, высыпа́ть vysypátʹ, вы́сыпать výsypatʹ

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@misc{pour_out_2026,
  title = {pour out},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/pour%20out},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}