pour out

pour out

1. Used other than with a figurative or idiomatic meaning: see pour,‎ out.
2. To serve a drink into a cup or glass.

   I poured out three beers for my guests.

3. (transitive) To distribute or spread (something), as if it were a liquid.
   • 1611 — King James Version of the Bible, 2 Chronicles 34:25b

     […] therefore my wrath shall be poured out upon this place, and shall not be quenched.

4. To leave a place quickly, and in large numbers.

   The rats came pouring out of every possible opening in the burning warehouse.

5. To talk volubly and deeply. Usually implies telling the truth.

   She started crying, and she poured out the whole story, right from the beginning.

• pour one's heart out

• outpour, up or out, up-or-out