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spit sth out

phrasal verb with spit
 
 
/spɪt/ verb (present tense spitting, past tense and past participle spat)

Definition

to say something quickly and angrily: He spat out an insult and marched out of the room.Ways of talkingTalking angrily
(Definition of spit sth out from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

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