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out with it

out with it phrase: used to tell somebody to reveal a secret.

Phrase

out with it

  1. Used to tell somebody to reveal a secret.
    • “What’s your name, youngster? Out with it!” cried Laballière, striving to shake the little free mulatto into speech; but he stayed dumb as a mummy.1894, Kate Chopin, “In and Out of Old Natchitoches”, in Bayou Folk
    • "Come, out with it," said the Doctor.
    • "It's rather hard, you see," said Bobbie, "to out with it; because of what Mother said."1906, Edith Nesbit, The Railway Children, Chapter 4: The engine-burglar

Questions about out with it

What does out with it mean?
Out with it means used to tell somebody to reveal a secret.
What part of speech is out with it?
Out with it is a phrase.

Words near out with it in the dictionary

  1. out to lunch
  2. out trade
  3. out trades
  4. out upon
  5. out west
  6. out with it
  7. out'n
  8. out-
  9. out-and-back
  10. out-and-home
  11. out-and-out

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