come out
(BE SAID) — phrasal verb with come /kʌm/ verb (came, come)Definition
C2 If something you say comes out in a particular way, that is how you say it: I didn't mean to be rude - it just came out like that. When I tried to tell her that I loved her it came out all wrong.Ways of talking
(Definition of come out (BE SAID) from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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