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bare one's breast en · VERB

Pronunciation

Meanings

  1. To make oneself vulnerable.
    • […] he bared his breast to whizzing javelins, to hissing arrows, to any and every weapon that promised death and forgetfulness, and rest. 1869, Mark Twain, The Innocents Abroad:
    • I'm going to be angry with you. Pitch into old Frank Henchman—hit away, my young one.' And Frank put himself into an attitude as of one prepared to receive a pugilistic assault. He bared his breast, as it were, and showed his scars, and said, "Strike!"' 1854-55, William Makepeace Thackeray, The Newcomes, Chapter 59
    • Near-synonym: wear one's heart on one's sleeve
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see bare, breast.

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
baring one's breast Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
bares one's breast Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
bared one's breast Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
bared one's breast Tense=Past lexicographic

Relateds

beat one's breast

Synonyms

wear one's heart on one's sleeve · pour one's heart out · bare one's soul