speak one's mind en · VERB
Pronunciation
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Meanings
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(idiomatic) To state one's thoughts or opinions honestly or frankly.
Rudy Giuliani[…]spoke his mind and did not suffer fools even a tiny bit—but then, creative incivility is part of the job description for a successful mayor of New York.
2007 April 12, Joe Klein, “President Fuhgeddaboutit”, in Time, archived from the original on 26 Jan 2012:[H]e would speak his mind, and lecture her all the same as if she were a little girl.
1847 December, Ellis Bell [pseudonym; Emily Brontë], Wuthering Heights: […], volume (please specify |volume=I or II), London: Thomas Cautley Newby, […], →OCLC:It was seldom that Mrs. Ladybug hesitated to speak her mind right out to a person if she happened to disapprove of him.
1921, Arthur Scott Bailey, chapter 13, in The Tale of Mrs. Ladybug:
Forms
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| speaks one's mind | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic | |
| speaking one's mind | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| spoke one's mind | Tense=Past | lexicographic | |
| spoken one's mind | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic |
Relateds
give somebody a piece of one's mind
Synonyms
Translations (15)
de offen seine Meinung sagen (to state one's thoughts honestly or frankly) · pl przemówić własnym głosem (to state one's thoughts honestly or frankly) · ja 心のうちを明かす (to state one's thoughts honestly or frankly) · ru откровенничать (to state one's thoughts honestly or frankly) · hu ami a szívén, az a száján (to state one's thoughts honestly or frankly) · ru говорить прямо (to state one's thoughts honestly or frankly) · it parlare francamente (to state one's thoughts honestly or frankly) · fi puhua suunsa puhtaaksi (to state one's thoughts honestly or frankly) · is láta vaða um súðum (to state one's thoughts honestly or frankly) · pl przemawiać własnym głosem (to state one's thoughts honestly or frankly) · fi avautua (to state one's thoughts honestly or frankly) · fi avata suunsa (to state one's thoughts honestly or frankly) · it esprimere la propria opinione (to state one's thoughts honestly or frankly) · es decir lo que uno piensa (to state one's thoughts honestly or frankly) · pt não ter papas na língua (to state one's thoughts honestly or frankly)