come out with

English

Verb

come out with (third-person singular simple present comes out with, present participle coming out with, simple past came out with, past participle come out with)

2. (transitive) To say (something) unexpectedly.

   He came out with a very dubious excuse.

4. (transitive) To say (something) in a plainspoken way instead of euphemistically or obliquely, after reluctantly hesitating to do so.

   Synonym: spit out

   Antonyms: conceal, hide, obfuscate, sugarcoat

   Just come out with it already — you think you're too good for me!

6. To make (something) public or available to the public.

   Near-synonyms: announce, introduce, release, reveal

   We're coming out with the new product on Tuesday.

Translations

spit it out — see spit it out

See also

• beat around the bush (intransitive but otherwise antonymous to the "plainspoken" sense)
• out with it
• spit it out