spit out
To push something out of your mouth, or to say something in an angry, sharp way
Meanings
To forcefully push something out of your mouth
"He tasted the medicine and immediately spat it out."
To say something angrily, bitterly, or with great force
""You lied to me," she spat out, her voice shaking with rage."
Of a machine or system, to produce or output something rapidly
"The terminal spat out an error message before the program crashed."
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').
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