out with it
Stop stalling, speak
Out with it is a direct command to say what you're hesitant to say—to stop stalling and speak plainly: Come on, out with it—what happened?
The phrase implies impatience with someone who is holding back information or struggling to confess something.
- utterTo vocalize words
- come cleanAdmit the full truth
- spill the beansReveal confidential information
- tell allReveal all secrets
- full disclosureWithholding no information
get it off your chest · truth · moment of truth · disclose · candor · forthrightness · announce · confess · articulate · blurt · straightforwardness · reveal · cards on the table · demand · openness · insistence · break the silence · sincerity
out with ittake your time
Proceed without urgency
no rush · sleep on it · hold that thought · mull it over · bite your tongue
out with ithold your tongue
Refrain from speaking
say nothing · keep quiet · keep mum · bite your tongue · zip it
out, outs, outed, outing, outer, outward, outwards, outwardly, outermost