pour out
phrasal verbpour out
- when feelings or somebody’s words pour out they are expressed, usually after they have been kept hidden for some time
- Wave after wave of pent-up emotion poured out.
- The whole story then came pouring out.
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pour something out
- to express your feelings or give an account of something, especially after keeping them or it secret or hidden
- She poured out her troubles to me over a cup of coffee.