"open one's mouth" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: opens one's mouth [present, singular, third-person], opening one's mouth [participle, present], opened one's mouth [participle, past], opened one's mouth [past]
Rhymes: -aʊθ Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} open one's mouth (third-person singular simple present opens one's mouth, present participle opening one's mouth, simple past and past participle opened one's mouth)
  1. (idiomatic) to speak Tags: idiomatic Categories (topical): Talking
    Sense id: en-open_one's_mouth-en-verb-TKdixBly Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

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