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pouring one's heart out

pouring one's heart out is the present participle and gerund 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.

Questions about pouring one's heart out

What is pouring one's heart out the present participle and gerund of?
Pouring one's heart out is the present participle and gerund of pour one's heart out.

Words near pouring one's heart out in the dictionary

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

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