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Idiom

bare one's soul

Meaning

To reveal one's innermost feelings and thoughts, especially concerning one's doubts, regrets, or flaws; to tell one's personal secrets to others.

Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Examples

“It is hard to bare your soul to a stranger.”

“After years of keeping his pain hidden, he finally decided to bare his soul to his closest friend.”

“In the quiet of the late evening, she chose to bare her soul, confessing the deep regrets that had haunted her for decades.”

Examples

simple

“It is hard to bare your soul to a stranger.”

contextual

“After years of keeping his pain hidden, he finally decided to bare his soul to his closest friend.”

complex

“In the quiet of the late evening, she chose to bare her soul, confessing the deep regrets that had haunted her for decades.”

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