get (something) off (one's) chest
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To reveal or discuss something that has caused one emotional discomfort and that one has repressed, kept hidden, or neglected to discuss earlier. I'm sorry but I just have to get something off my chest. How could you treat me like that last night?
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get something off one's chest
to unburden oneself; to confess something; to criticize or make a personal complaint to someone. You will feel better if you get it off your chest. I have to get this off my chest. I'm tired of your rudeness to me!
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs. © 2002 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.
off one's chest, get
Relieve one's mind by confessing or saying something that has been repressed. For example, I've got to get this off my chest-I can't stand his parents, or He admitted taking the dollar and said he was glad to get it off his chest. This expression uses chest for the seat of the emotions. [c. 1900]
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get something off your chest
COMMON If you get something off your chest, you talk about a problem that has been worrying you for a long time, and you feel better because of this. My doctor gave me the opportunity to talk and get things off my chest. Sarah certainly seemed as though she had a lot to get off her chest.
Collins COBUILD Idioms Dictionary, 3rd ed. © HarperCollins Publishers 2012
get something off your chest
say something that you have wanted to say for a long time, resulting in a feeling of relief. informalFarlex Partner Idioms Dictionary © Farlex 2017
ˌget something off your ˈchest
(informal) say something that you have wanted to say for a long time and feel better because you have done this: If something is worrying you, get it off your chest.Farlex Partner Idioms Dictionary © Farlex 2017
get (something) off (one's) chest
To vent one's pent-up feelings.
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get (something) off one's chest, to
To unburden oneself of a secret, criticism, worry, or the like. The London Daily Chronicle of 1902 is cited by the OED: “To deliver a message to the world or to express the individual personality—to ‘get it off your chest’ is the horrid vulgar phrase.”
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