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spit out

B1 neutral separable transitive
In simple words

To push something out of your mouth, or to say something in an angry, sharp way

Literal meaning: To force something outward from the mouth — partially transparent

Meanings

1 A2 neutral

To forcefully push something out of your mouth

"He tasted the medicine and immediately spat it out."

Grammar: separable
2 B1 idiomatic informal

To say something angrily, bitterly, or with great force

""You lied to me," she spat out, her voice shaking with rage."

Grammar: separable
3 B2 idiomatic informal

Of a machine or system, to produce or output something rapidly

"The terminal spat out an error message before the program crashed."

Grammar: separable
Usage notes

In the physical sense, used when someone rejects food or a foreign object from the mouth. In the figurative sense, it captures the tone of someone speaking with anger, bitterness, or contempt. Also used for machines outputting data rapidly ('the printer spits out pages').

Commonly used with

words insults seeds food data pages

Forms

Base
spit out
I/you/we/they
3rd person
spits out
he/she/it
Past simple
spited out
yesterday
Past participle
spited out
have + pp
-ing form
spiting out
continuous

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Synonyms

expel eject blurt out bark emit discharge

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