"bare one's breast" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-bare one's breast.wav Forms: bares one's breast [present, singular, third-person], baring one's breast [participle, present], bared one's breast [participle, past], bared one's breast [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} bare one's breast (third-person singular simple present bares one's breast, present participle baring one's breast, simple past and past participle bared one's breast)
  1. To make oneself vulnerable. Categories (topical): Emotions Synonyms: bare one's soul, pour one's heart out
    Sense id: en-bare_one's_breast-en-verb-wBD0HWVt Disambiguation of Emotions: 88 12 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English predicates, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 77 23 Disambiguation of English predicates: 82 18 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 77 23 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 79 21
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see bare, breast. Related terms: beat one's breast
    Sense id: en-bare_one's_breast-en-verb-n4sQy~Fb

Inflected forms

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