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Meaning of bare one's breast | Babel Free

Verb CEFR C1

Definitions

  1. To make oneself vulnerable.
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see bare, breast.

Examples

“Near-synonym: wear one's heart on one's sleeve”
“[…] he bared his breast to whizzing javelins, to hissing arrows, to any and every weapon that promised death and forgetfulness, and rest.”
“I'm going to be angry with you. Pitch into old Frank Henchman—hit away, my young one.' And Frank put himself into an attitude as of one prepared to receive a pugilistic assault. He bared his breast, as it were, and showed his scars, and said, "Strike!"'”

CEFR level

C1
Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.

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