out with it

phrase

Used to tell somebody to reveal a secret.

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Meanings

phrase
  1. 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."

    2 more examples

    “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

    "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."

    1928, Edgar Rice Burroughs, chapter VIII, in The Master Mind of Mars, ESCAPE
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out with it. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/out%20with%20it

MLA

“out with it.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/out%20with%20it. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “out with it,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/out%20with%20it.

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