spout off (about someone or something)

spout off (about someone or something)
spout off (about someone or something)
1. to brag or boast about someone or something. •

Stop spouting off about Tom. Nobody could be that good!

Alice is spouting off about her new car.

2. to speak out publicly about someone or something; to reveal information publicly about someone or something. •

I wish you wouldn't spout off about my family affairs in public.

There is no point in spouting off about this problem.


Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.

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