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out with it
- Used to tell somebody to reveal a secret.
- 1906, Edith Nesbit, The Railway Children, Chapter 4: The engine-burglar,
- "Come, out with it," said the Doctor.
- "It's rather hard, you see," said Bobbie, "to out with it; because of what Mother said."
1928, Edgar Rice Burroughs, chapter VIII, in The Master Mind of Mars, ESCAPE:"Six years!" mused Gor Hajus. "Well, out with it, man. What do you want? If it is to slay Ras Thavas, no! He has saved me from utter destruction; but name me some other, preferably Vobis Kan, Jeddak of Toonol. Find me a blade and I will slay a hundred to regain life."
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