"find one's voice" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

Audio: en-au-find one's voice.ogg [Australia] Forms: finds one's voice [present, singular, third-person], finding one's voice [participle, present], found one's voice [participle, past], found one's voice [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|<,,found>}} find one's voice (third-person singular simple present finds one's voice, present participle finding one's voice, simple past and past participle found one's voice)
  1. (idiomatic) To become willing or able to talk or otherwise express one's opinions. Tags: idiomatic Translations (become willing express one's opinions): 打開話匣子 /打开话匣子 (Chinese Mandarin), löytää äänensä (Finnish)

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