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poured one's heart out

poured one's heart out is the simple past and past participle of pour one's heart out.

Meaning of pour one's heart out

Verb

pour one's heart out (third-person singular simple present pours one's heart out, present participle pouring one's heart out, simple past and past participle poured one's heart out)

  1. (idiomatic, intransitive) To express one's innermost thoughts or feelings effusively.
    • He poured his heart out to them, so as he never could in any other company, where he hath generally passed for being moody, or supercilious and silent.1852, William Makepeace Thackeray, chapter 29, in The History of Henry Esmond, Esq.

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What is poured one's heart out the simple past and past participle of?
Poured one's heart out is the simple past and past participle of pour one's heart out.

Words near poured one's heart out in the dictionary

  1. poured honey on
  2. poured in
  3. poured into
  4. poured oil on troubled waters
  5. poured one out
  6. poured one's heart out
  7. poured out
  8. poured out one's heart
  9. poured over
  10. poured with rain
  11. pouredst

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