vomit up
To sick up food or drink from your stomach, or to suddenly say something you didn't mean to.
Meanings
To expel food or liquid from the stomach through the mouth.
"The dog vomited up everything it had eaten that morning."
To suddenly and involuntarily reveal information or say something one intended to keep quiet.
"Under pressure from the detective, the suspect vomited up the whole story."
(Of a machine or system) to produce or eject something, often something unwanted.
"The old printer vomited up a crumpled mess of paper."
More graphic than 'bring up' or 'throw up'. The figurative sense (blurting out information) is common in informal speech. Occasionally used metaphorically to describe a machine or system expelling something.
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