bare one's breast
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.82 in modern English
18
Scrabble Score
14
Letters
1
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
verb
To make oneself vulnerable.
verb
Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see bare, breast.
Example Sentences
- "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!"'"