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spoke out

spoke out is the simple past of speak out.

Meaning of speak out

Verb

speak out (third-person singular simple present speaks out, present participle speaking out, simple past spoke out, past participle spoken out)

  1. (idiomatic) To assert or promote one's opinion; to make one's thoughts known.
    • You should learn to speak out in meetings with your boss.

Questions about spoke out

What is spoke out the simple past of?
Spoke out is the simple past of speak out.

Words near spoke out in the dictionary

  1. spoke nipple
  2. spoke nipples
  3. spoke of
  4. spoke one's conscience
  5. spoke one's mind
  6. spoke out
  7. spoke out of turn
  8. spoke someone's language
  9. spoke target
  10. spoke to
  11. spoke too soon

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Adapted from Wiktionary: spoke out (page history and authors); speak out (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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