pour out

pour out
phrasal verb [transitive]
Word forms "pour out":
present tense I/you/we/they pour out he/she/it pours out present participle pouring out past tense poured out past participle poured out
1) to put some drink into a glass or cup from another container

Would you pour some water out for me, please?

2) to tell someone everything that you are feeling

She began pouring out her fears about the future.

pour your heart out:

She wrote him a long letter, pouring her heart out.


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