Idiom
get off one's chest
Meaning
To relieve oneself psychologically or emotionally by speaking to someone.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“Tell me what is wrong and get it off your chest.”
“He felt much better after he finally got his worries off his chest by talking to his sister.”
“She realized that she needed to get the heavy burden of her secret off her chest before she could move forward with her life.”
Examples
simple
“Tell me what is wrong and get it off your chest.”
contextual
“He felt much better after he finally got his worries off his chest by talking to his sister.”
complex
“She realized that she needed to get the heavy burden of her secret off her chest before she could move forward with her life.”
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