get off one's chest

get off one's chest

English

Alternative forms

• take something off one's chest

Pronunciation

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Verb

get off one's chest (third-person singular simple present gets off one's chest, present participle getting off one's chest, simple past got off one's chest, past participle (UK) got off one's chest or (US) gotten off one's chest)

1. (idiomatic) To relieve oneself by talking to someone.
   • 2020, Ava Max, Sorana, Roland Spreckley, Henri Antero Salonen, Cirkut, and Jason Gill (lyrics and music), “OMG What's Happening”, in Heaven & Hell‎, performed by Ava Max:

     I wanna tell you things and show you all the rest / Broadcast my emotions on the radio and take them off my chest / I hope you're listening / Are you? Are you?

Translations

to relieve oneself by talking to someone

Danish: lette sit hjerte Finnish: purkaa sydäntään French: se libérer d'un poids, vider son sac (fr), dire ce qu'on a sur le cœur (fr) German: sein Herz erleichtern, etwas loswerden Icelandic: létta af hjarta sínu, létta á hjarta sínu Irish: cuir de do chroí Italian: togliersi un peso dallo stomaco, sfogarsi, aprirsi (it), rivelarsi (it) Swedish: lätta på hjärtat Spanish: desahogarse (es), desfogarse (es), quitarse un peso de encima, sacarse un peso de encima, sacarse una espina, franquearse (es), sincerarse (es)

See also

• make a clean breast