unbosom oneself

unbosom oneself
{v. phr.} To confess one's personal thoughts or feelings; disclose private information to a confidante. * /Once she was at home with her mother, she unbosomed herself of all her troubles./

Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.

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  • unbosom oneself — unburden oneself. → unbosom …   English new terms dictionary

  • unbosom oneself — {v. phr.} To confess one s personal thoughts or feelings; disclose private information to a confidante. * /Once she was at home with her mother, she unbosomed herself of all her troubles./ …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • unbosom\ oneself — v. phr. To confess one s personal thoughts or feelings; disclose private information to a confidante. Once she was at home with her mother, she unbosomed herself of all her troubles …   Словарь американских идиом

  • unbosom oneself — idi to reveal one s innermost thoughts and feelings …   From formal English to slang

  • unbosom — [unbooz′əm] vt. [ UN + BOSOM] to give vent to (feelings, secrets, etc.); tell; reveal vi. to reveal what one feels, knows, etc. unbosom oneself to tell or reveal one s feelings, secrets, etc …   English World dictionary

  • unbosom — Date: circa 1595 transitive verb 1. to give expression to ; disclose, reveal 2. to disclose the thoughts or feelings of (oneself) intransitive verb to unbosom oneself …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • unbosom — verb archaic disclose (one s thoughts or secrets). ↘(unbosom oneself) unburden oneself …   English new terms dictionary

  • unbosom — unbosomer, n. /un booz euhm, booh zeuhm/, v.t. 1. to disclose (a confidence, secret, etc.). v.i. 2. to disclose one s thoughts, feelings, or the like, esp. in confidence. 3. unbosom oneself, to disclose one s thoughts, feelings, etc., to another… …   Universalium

  • unbosom — un•bos•om [[t]ʌnˈbʊz əm, ˈbu zəm[/t]] v. t. 1) to disclose (a confidence, secret, etc.) 2) to disclose one s thoughts, feelings, or the like • unbosom oneself Etymology: 1580–90 …   From formal English to slang

  • unbosom — /ʌnˈbʊzəm / (say un boozuhm) verb (t) 1. to disclose (one s thoughts, feelings, etc.) especially in confidence. –verb (i) 2. to disclose one s thoughts, feelings, secrets, etc. –phrase 3. unbosom oneself, to disclose one s thoughts, etc., to… …  

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