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Spit out   /spɪt aʊt/   Listen
Spit out

verb
1.
Spit up in an explosive manner.  Synonyms: splutter, sputter.
2.
Utter with anger or contempt.  Synonym: spit.
3.
Discharge (phlegm or sputum) from the lungs and out of the mouth.  Synonyms: cough out, cough up, expectorate, spit up.






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"Spit out" Quotes from Famous Books



... However, I dared not to express my repugnance to drinking it; I lifted it to my lips, and seemed to be swallowing it: Suddenly starting from my chair, I made the best of my way towards a Vase of water at some distance, in which Marguerite had been rinsing the Goblets. I pretended to spit out the wine with disgust, and took an opportunity unperceived of emptying the liquor into ...
— The Monk; a romance • M. G. Lewis

... tea-parties," he continued to reflect.... "Well, there'll be work to do at the Foreign Office, that's sure. France, Austria, Russia can spit out their venom now and look to their mobilization. And won't Kaiser William throw up his cap if Dr. Jim gets caught! What a mess it will ...
— The Judgment House • Gilbert Parker

... seemingly, all this was changed. Tongues and slivers of fire began to spit out from the gray ranks opposing the Americans. There was a snarl of the lighter artillery guns, the spiteful bark of the rifles and the wicked rat-a-tat-tat of the machine guns, which the Germans depended on, more than on anything else, to stop a ...
— Ned, Bob and Jerry on the Firing Line - The Motor Boys Fighting for Uncle Sam • Clarence Young

... cows remorseless, 'n' they laid for us a treat. We held that stinkin' cellar, though, 'n' when the day was done Son pussied on his bingie where a Maxie trim 'n' neat Had spit out loaded lightnin', and he slugged a tubby Hun, Then choked a Fritzie with his dukes, 'n' pinched ...
— 'Hello, Soldier!' - Khaki Verse • Edward Dyson

... will, for I care not a point. I have shifted[163] hitherto, and whilst I live I will jeopard a joint; And at my death I will leave my inheritor behind, That shall be of the right stamp to follow my mind. Therefore let them prate, till their hearts ache, and spit out their evil: She cannot quail me, if she came in likeness ...
— A Select Collection of Old English Plays, Vol. VI • Robert Dodsley


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