pour out
verb
poured out; pouring out; pours out
: to freely express (an emotion) : to talk freely about (something personal)
I listened while he poured out his anger and frustration.
She poured out the whole story.
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Each July the fire company organizes the annual pony swim, for which upward of 40,000 people pour out to witness.
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Madeline Weinfield, Travel + Leisure, 18 Apr. 2026
Episode 4 was pouring out of me.
—Yvonne Villarreal, Los Angeles Times, 17 Apr. 2026
In one jaw-dropping sequence, a dead body falls out of a casket during a wake, only for another character to lick up the fluid that pours out.
—Brendan Morrow, USA Today, 16 Apr. 2026
There are nods to Linda Blair’s Regan in the sludgy projectile vomit that pours out of Katie, as well as the animalistic scampering, bodily contortions and levitation.
—David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 16 Apr. 2026
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Madeline Weinfield, Travel + Leisure, 18 Apr. 2026
Episode 4 was pouring out of me.
—Yvonne Villarreal, Los Angeles Times, 17 Apr. 2026
In one jaw-dropping sequence, a dead body falls out of a casket during a wake, only for another character to lick up the fluid that pours out.
—Brendan Morrow, USA Today, 16 Apr. 2026
There are nods to Linda Blair’s Regan in the sludgy projectile vomit that pours out of Katie, as well as the animalistic scampering, bodily contortions and levitation.
—David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 16 Apr. 2026
See All Example Sentences for pour out
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“Pour out.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/pour%20out. Accessed 23 Apr. 2026.
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