come out with

come out with
To say something unexpected.

He came out with a very dubious excuse.


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  • come out with — [v] disclose information acknowledge, bring out, chime in*, come clean, declare, deliver, divulge, lay open, own, own up, say, state, tell, throw out, utter; concept 60 Ant. hide, secret …   New thesaurus

  • come out with — ► come out with say in a sudden, rude, or incautious way. Main Entry: ↑come …   English terms dictionary

  • come out with — index phrase, remark, utter Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary

  • come out with — UTTER, say, let out, blurt out, burst out with. → come * * * come out with 1. To utter, to say 2. To exclaim • • • Main Entry: ↑come * * * ˌcome ˈout with ˌcome a ˈway with british …   Useful english dictionary

  • come out with — phrasal verb come out with or come away with [transitive] Word forms come out with : present tense I/you/we/they come out with he/she/it comes out with present participle coming out with past tense came out with past participle come out with… …   English dictionary

  • come out with — PHRASAL VERB: no passive If you come out with a remark, especially a surprising one, you make it. [V P n] Everyone who heard it just burst out laughing when he came out with it... [V P n] What was that marvellous quote that she came out with? …   English dictionary

  • come out with — I didn t really mean to come out with those stupid remarks Syn: utter, say, let out, blurt out, burst out with; issue, present …   Thesaurus of popular words

  • come out with — phr verb Come out with is used with these nouns as the object: ↑version …   Collocations dictionary

  • come out with — admit, confess; publicize, advertise; put into words (e.g., She always manages to come out with the truth ) …   English contemporary dictionary

  • come out with — say, make known The child has recently come out with many strange and funny expressions …   Idioms and examples

  • come out with something — ˌcome ˈout with sth derived no passive to say sth, especially sth surprising or rude • He came out with a stream of abuse. • She sometimes comes out with the most extraordinary remarks. Main entry: ↑comederived …   Useful english dictionary

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