diff --git a/pkg/eval/builtin_fn_container.go b/pkg/eval/builtin_fn_container.go
index 237f40ca..4da1360e 100644
--- a/pkg/eval/builtin_fn_container.go
+++ b/pkg/eval/builtin_fn_container.go
@@ -408,9 +408,16 @@ func dissoc(a, k interface{}) (interface{}, error) {
 //
 // @cf one
 
-func all(fm *Frame, inputs Inputs) {
+func all(fm *Frame, inputs Inputs) error {
 	out := fm.ValueOutput()
-	inputs(func(v interface{}) { out.Put(v) })
+	var errOut error
+	inputs(func(v interface{}) {
+		if errOut != nil {
+			return
+		}
+		errOut = out.Put(v)
+	})
+	return errOut
 }
 
 //elvdoc:fn one
@@ -466,15 +473,20 @@ func one(fm *Frame, inputs Inputs) error {
 //
 // Etymology: Haskell.
 
-func take(fm *Frame, n int, inputs Inputs) {
+func take(fm *Frame, n int, inputs Inputs) error {
 	out := fm.ValueOutput()
+	var errOut error
 	i := 0
 	inputs(func(v interface{}) {
+		if errOut != nil {
+			return
+		}
 		if i < n {
-			out.Put(v)
+			errOut = out.Put(v)
 		}
 		i++
 	})
+	return errOut
 }
 
 //elvdoc:fn drop
@@ -504,15 +516,20 @@ func take(fm *Frame, n int, inputs Inputs) {
 //
 // @cf take
 
-func drop(fm *Frame, n int, inputs Inputs) {
+func drop(fm *Frame, n int, inputs Inputs) error {
 	out := fm.ValueOutput()
+	var errOut error
 	i := 0
 	inputs(func(v interface{}) {
+		if errOut != nil {
+			return
+		}
 		if i >= n {
-			out.Put(v)
+			errOut = out.Put(v)
 		}
 		i++
 	})
+	return errOut
 }
 
 //elvdoc:fn has-value
diff --git a/pkg/eval/builtin_fn_container_test.go b/pkg/eval/builtin_fn_container_test.go
index 2dcc37e9..08f0b111 100644
--- a/pkg/eval/builtin_fn_container_test.go
+++ b/pkg/eval/builtin_fn_container_test.go
@@ -59,19 +59,14 @@ func TestRange(t *testing.T) {
 		// non-positive int step
 		That("range &step=0 10").
 			Throws(errs.BadValue{What: "step", Valid: "positive", Actual: "0"}),
+		thatOutputErrorIsBubbled("range 1"),
 
-		That("range 10_000_000_000_000_000_000 10_000_000_000_000_000_003").
-			Puts(
-				vals.ParseNum("10_000_000_000_000_000_000"),
-				vals.ParseNum("10_000_000_000_000_000_001"),
-				vals.ParseNum("10_000_000_000_000_000_002")),
-		That("range 10_000_000_000_000_000_000 10_000_000_000_000_000_003 &step=2").
-			Puts(
-				vals.ParseNum("10_000_000_000_000_000_000"),
-				vals.ParseNum("10_000_000_000_000_000_002")),
+		That("range "+z+" "+z3).Puts(bigInt(z), bigInt(z1), bigInt(z2)),
+		That("range "+z+" "+z3+" &step=2").Puts(bigInt(z), bigInt(z2)),
 		// non-positive bigint step
 		That("range &step=-"+z+" 10").
 			Throws(errs.BadValue{What: "step", Valid: "positive", Actual: "-" + z}),
+		thatOutputErrorIsBubbled("range "+z+" "+z1),
 
 		That("range 23/10").Puts(0, 1, 2),
 		That("range 1/10 23/10").Puts(
@@ -81,6 +76,7 @@ func TestRange(t *testing.T) {
 		// non-positive bigrat step
 		That("range &step=-1/2 10").
 			Throws(errs.BadValue{What: "step", Valid: "positive", Actual: "-1/2"}),
+		thatOutputErrorIsBubbled("range 1/2 3/2"),
 
 		That("range 1.2").Puts(0.0, 1.0),
 		That("range &step=0.5 1 3").Puts(1.0, 1.5, 2.0, 2.5),
@@ -90,12 +86,14 @@ func TestRange(t *testing.T) {
 		// non-positive float64 step
 		That("range &step=-0.5 10").
 			Throws(errs.BadValue{What: "step", Valid: "positive", Actual: "-0.5"}),
+		thatOutputErrorIsBubbled("range 1.2"),
 	)
 }
 
 func TestRepeat(t *testing.T) {
 	Test(t,
 		That(`repeat 4 foo`).Puts("foo", "foo", "foo", "foo"),
+		thatOutputErrorIsBubbled("repeat 1 foo"),
 	)
 }
 
@@ -118,6 +116,7 @@ func TestAll(t *testing.T) {
 		That(`put foo bar | all`).Puts("foo", "bar"),
 		That(`echo foobar | all`).Puts("foobar"),
 		That(`all [foo bar]`).Puts("foo", "bar"),
+		thatOutputErrorIsBubbled("all [foo]"),
 	)
 }
 
@@ -129,18 +128,21 @@ func TestOne(t *testing.T) {
 		That(`one [foo]`).Puts("foo"),
 		That(`one []`).Throws(AnyError),
 		That(`one [foo bar]`).Throws(AnyError),
+		thatOutputErrorIsBubbled("one [foo]"),
 	)
 }
 
 func TestTake(t *testing.T) {
 	Test(t,
 		That(`range 100 | take 2`).Puts(0, 1),
+		thatOutputErrorIsBubbled("take 1 [foo]"),
 	)
 }
 
 func TestDrop(t *testing.T) {
 	Test(t,
 		That(`range 100 | drop 98`).Puts(98, 99),
+		thatOutputErrorIsBubbled("drop 1 [foo bar]"),
 	)
 }
 
@@ -184,6 +186,7 @@ func TestKeys(t *testing.T) {
 		// Windows does not have an external sort command. Disabled until we have a
 		// builtin sort command.
 		That(`keys [&a=foo &b=bar] | order`).Puts("a", "b"),
+		thatOutputErrorIsBubbled("keys [&a=foo]"),
 	)
 }
 
@@ -266,5 +269,7 @@ func TestOrder(t *testing.T) {
 		// are equal, an check that the order among them has not changed.
 		That("put l x o x r x e x m | order &less-than=[a b]{ eq $a x }").
 			Puts("x", "x", "x", "x", "l", "o", "r", "e", "m"),
+
+		thatOutputErrorIsBubbled("order [foo]"),
 	)
 }
diff --git a/pkg/eval/builtin_fn_io_test.go b/pkg/eval/builtin_fn_io_test.go
index f0ee0387..aafb1010 100644
--- a/pkg/eval/builtin_fn_io_test.go
+++ b/pkg/eval/builtin_fn_io_test.go
@@ -1,8 +1,10 @@
 package eval_test
 
 import (
+	"os"
 	"testing"
 
+	"src.elv.sh/pkg/eval"
 	"src.elv.sh/pkg/eval/errs"
 	. "src.elv.sh/pkg/eval/evaltest"
 	"src.elv.sh/pkg/eval/vals"
@@ -204,5 +206,5 @@ func TestPrintf(t *testing.T) {
 }
 
 func thatOutputErrorIsBubbled(code string) TestCase {
-	return That(code + " >&-").Throws(AnyError)
+	return That(code + " >&-").Throws(OneOfErrors(os.ErrInvalid, eval.ErrNoValueOutput))
 }
diff --git a/pkg/eval/builtin_fn_misc_test.go b/pkg/eval/builtin_fn_misc_test.go
index 00c5431c..377efdff 100644
--- a/pkg/eval/builtin_fn_misc_test.go
+++ b/pkg/eval/builtin_fn_misc_test.go
@@ -12,9 +12,17 @@ import (
 	"src.elv.sh/pkg/testutil"
 )
 
+func TestKindOf(t *testing.T) {
+	Test(t,
+		That("kind-of a []").Puts("string", "list"),
+		thatOutputErrorIsBubbled("kind-of a"),
+	)
+}
+
 func TestConstantly(t *testing.T) {
 	Test(t,
 		That(`f = (constantly foo); $f; $f`).Puts("foo", "foo"),
+		thatOutputErrorIsBubbled("(constantly foo)"),
 	)
 }
 
@@ -74,6 +82,8 @@ func TestTime(t *testing.T) {
 
 		That("time &on-end=[_]{ fail on-end } { fail body }").Throws(
 			FailError{"body"}),
+
+		thatOutputErrorIsBubbled("time { }"),
 	)
 }
 
diff --git a/pkg/eval/builtin_fn_str_test.go b/pkg/eval/builtin_fn_str_test.go
index b19778f5..53e6ee3d 100644
--- a/pkg/eval/builtin_fn_str_test.go
+++ b/pkg/eval/builtin_fn_str_test.go
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ func TestStringComparisonCommands(t *testing.T) {
 func TestToString(t *testing.T) {
 	Test(t,
 		That(`to-string str (num 1) $true`).Puts("str", "1", "$true"),
+		thatOutputErrorIsBubbled("to-string str"),
 	)
 }
 
@@ -38,6 +39,7 @@ func TestBase(t *testing.T) {
 		That(`base 16 42 233`).Puts("2a", "e9"),
 		That(`base 1 1`).Throws(AnyError),   // no base-1
 		That(`base 37 10`).Throws(AnyError), // no letter for base-37
+		thatOutputErrorIsBubbled("base 2 1"),
 	)
 }
 
diff --git a/pkg/eval/builtin_special_test.go b/pkg/eval/builtin_special_test.go
index 8f998e26..a99ebbbf 100644
--- a/pkg/eval/builtin_special_test.go
+++ b/pkg/eval/builtin_special_test.go
@@ -138,6 +138,7 @@ func TestAnd(t *testing.T) {
 
 		// Exception
 		That("and a (fail x)").Throws(FailError{"x"}, "fail x"),
+		thatOutputErrorIsBubbled("and a"),
 	)
 }
 
@@ -152,6 +153,7 @@ func TestOr(t *testing.T) {
 
 		// Exception
 		That("or $false (fail x)").Throws(FailError{"x"}, "fail x"),
+		thatOutputErrorIsBubbled("or a"),
 	)
 }
 
diff --git a/pkg/eval/evaltest/matchers.go b/pkg/eval/evaltest/matchers.go
index 0d1f94f9..5365e9f5 100644
--- a/pkg/eval/evaltest/matchers.go
+++ b/pkg/eval/evaltest/matchers.go
@@ -132,3 +132,18 @@ func (e errCmdExit) matchError(gotErr error) bool {
 	ge := gotErr.(eval.ExternalCmdExit)
 	return e.v.CmdName == ge.CmdName && e.v.WaitStatus == ge.WaitStatus
 }
+
+type errOneOf struct{ errs []error }
+
+func OneOfErrors(errs ...error) error { return errOneOf{errs} }
+
+func (e errOneOf) Error() string { return fmt.Sprint("one of", e.errs) }
+
+func (e errOneOf) matchError(gotError error) bool {
+	for _, want := range e.errs {
+		if matchErr(want, gotError) {
+			return true
+		}
+	}
+	return false
+}
diff --git a/pkg/eval/mods/re/re_test.go b/pkg/eval/mods/re/re_test.go
index 03fa59af..cad12136 100644
--- a/pkg/eval/mods/re/re_test.go
+++ b/pkg/eval/mods/re/re_test.go
@@ -45,6 +45,9 @@ func TestRe(t *testing.T) {
 		// Basic verification of &posix behavior.
 		That("put (re:find &posix 'a(x|xy)+' AaxyxxxyZ)[text]").Puts("axyxxxy"),
 
+		// re:find bubbles output error
+		That("re:find . ab >&-").Throws(eval.ErrNoValueOutput),
+
 		That("re:replace '(ba|z)sh' '${1}SH' 'bash and zsh'").Puts("baSH and zSH"),
 		That("re:replace &literal '(ba|z)sh' '$sh' 'bash and zsh'").Puts("$sh and $sh"),
 		That("re:replace '(ba|z)sh' [x]{ put [&bash=BaSh &zsh=ZsH][$x] } 'bash and zsh'").Puts("BaSh and ZsH"),
@@ -66,6 +69,9 @@ func TestRe(t *testing.T) {
 		// Invalid pattern in re:split
 		That("re:split '(' x").Throws(AnyError),
 
+		// re:split bubbles output error
+		That("re:split . ab >&-").Throws(eval.ErrNoValueOutput),
+
 		That("re:quote a.txt").Puts(`a\.txt`),
 		That("re:quote '(*)'").Puts(`\(\*\)`),
 	)
diff --git a/pkg/eval/mods/str/str_test.go b/pkg/eval/mods/str/str_test.go
index 62db1446..9dc85d86 100644
--- a/pkg/eval/mods/str/str_test.go
+++ b/pkg/eval/mods/str/str_test.go
@@ -97,14 +97,17 @@ func TestStr(t *testing.T) {
 
 		That(`str:split : /usr:/bin:/tmp`).Puts("/usr", "/bin", "/tmp"),
 		That(`str:split : /usr:/bin:/tmp &max=2`).Puts("/usr", "/bin:/tmp"),
+		That("str:split : a:b >&-").Throws(eval.ErrNoValueOutput),
 
 		That(`str:to-codepoints a`).Puts("0x61"),
 		That(`str:to-codepoints 你好`).Puts("0x4f60", "0x597d"),
 		That(`str:to-codepoints 你好 | str:from-codepoints (all)`).Puts("你好"),
+		That("str:to-codepoints a >&-").Throws(eval.ErrNoValueOutput),
 
 		That(`str:to-utf8-bytes a`).Puts("0x61"),
 		That(`str:to-utf8-bytes 你好`).Puts("0xe4", "0xbd", "0xa0", "0xe5", "0xa5", "0xbd"),
 		That(`str:to-utf8-bytes 你好 | str:from-utf8-bytes (all)`).Puts("你好"),
+		That("str:to-utf8-bytes a >&-").Throws(eval.ErrNoValueOutput),
 
 		That(`str:title abc`).Puts("Abc"),
 		That(`str:title "abc def"`).Puts("Abc Def"),