"find one's voice" meaning in English

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Verb

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|find<,,found> one's voice}} 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
    Sense id: en-find_one's_voice-en-verb-s8COKGc6 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

Download JSON data for find one's voice meaning in English (1.8kB)

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