pour out
phrasal 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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Joseph Weizenbaum, a professor at MIT who devised the first chatbot in the 1960s, was astounded and deeply troubled by how readily people poured out their hearts to his program.
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Krista Stevens, Longreads, 8 July 2025
That pop icon bravado soon melted from the energy pouring out of the seats.
—Eric Webb, Austin American Statesman, 2 July 2025
During Fred Smith’s golden years, art inexplicably began to pour out of him.
—Paul Nicolaus, Smithsonian Magazine, 26 June 2025
Water poured out of the building over a mountain of debris that shut down Locust Avenue.
—Doyle Rice, USA Today, 17 June 2025
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Krista Stevens, Longreads, 8 July 2025
That pop icon bravado soon melted from the energy pouring out of the seats.
—Eric Webb, Austin American Statesman, 2 July 2025
During Fred Smith’s golden years, art inexplicably began to pour out of him.
—Paul Nicolaus, Smithsonian Magazine, 26 June 2025
Water poured out of the building over a mountain of debris that shut down Locust Avenue.
—Doyle Rice, USA Today, 17 June 2025
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 24 Jul. 2025.
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