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chest

[ chest ]
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noun

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RELATED WORDS

disclose, reveal, describe, detail, present, relinquish, own, dump, unload, shake, confide, clear, relieve, divulge, ease, confess, disburden, disencumber, lose, discharge

Nearby words

  1. chessel,
  2. chessman,
  3. chessmen,
  4. chesspiece,
  5. chesstree,
  6. chest compression,
  7. chest lead,
  8. chest of drawers,
  9. chest of viols,
  10. chest pass

Idioms

    get (something) off one's chest, Informal. to relieve oneself of (problems, troubling thoughts, etc.) by revealing them to someone.
    play it close to the chest. vest(def 16).

Origin of chest

before 900; Middle English; Old English cest, cist < Latin cista < Greek kístē box
Related formschest·ful [chest-foo l] /ˈtʃɛst fʊl/, noun
Can be confusedcelibate chased chaste chest
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British Dictionary definitions for get off one's chest

chest

/ (tʃɛst) /

noun

  1. the front part of the trunk from the neck to the bellyRelated adjective: pectoral
  2. (as modifier)a chest cold
get something off one's chest informal to unburden oneself of troubles, worries, etc, by talking about them
a box, usually large and sturdy, used for storage or shippinga tea chest
Also: chestful the quantity a chest holds
rare
  1. the place in which a public or charitable institution deposits its funds
  2. the funds so deposited
a sealed container or reservoir for a gasa wind chest; a steam chest
Derived Formschested, adjective

Word Origin for chest

Old English cest, from Latin cista wooden box, basket, from Greek kistē box
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
Word Origin and History for get off one's chest

chest

n.

Old English cest "box, coffer, casket," from Proto-Germanic *kista (cf. Old Norse and Old High German kista, Old Frisian, Middle Dutch, German kiste, Dutch kist), an early borrowing from Latin cista "chest, box," from Greek kiste "a box, basket," from PIE *kista "woven container." Meaning extended to "thorax" 1520s, replacing breast (n.), on the metaphor of the ribs as a box for the organs. Chest of drawers is from 1590s.

Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
Medicine definitions for get off one's chest

chest

[ chĕst ]

n.

The part of the body between the neck and the abdomen, enclosed by the ribs and the breastbone; thorax.
The American Heritage® Stedman's Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Idioms and Phrases with get off one's chest

get off one's chest

see off one's chest.

chest

see off one's chest; play one's cards close to one's chest.

The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.