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unbosom

[uhn-booz-uhm, -boo-zuhm]

verb (used with object)

to disclose (a confidence, secret, etc.).

verb (used without object)

to disclose one's thoughts, feelings, or the like, especially in confidence.

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Idiom

unbosom oneself, to disclose one's thoughts, feelings, etc., to another person; confide one's private affairs: He unbosomed himself to a complete stranger.

Origin:
1580–90; un-² + bosom (v.)

Related forms

un·bos·om·er, noun

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unbosom (ʌnˈbʊzəm)

—vb
	(tr) to relieve (oneself) of (secrets, etc) by telling someone

[C16: from un-² + bosom (in the sense: seat of the emotions); compare Dutch ontboezemen]

un'bosomer

—n

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