heart-to-heart

[hahrt-tuh-hahrt]

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adjective

frank; sincere: We had a heart-to-heart talk about his poor attendance.

noun

Informal. a frank talk, especially between two persons.

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Origin of heart-to-heart

First recorded in 1865–70

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Examples from the Web for heart-to-heart

We had a heart-to-heart talk that morning in Bombay before I left, and cleared up all misunderstandings.
An Unknown Lover|Mrs. George de Horne Vaizey
What he did want was to meet the officers of our navy and give them a heart-to-heart talk.
Our Navy in the War|Lawrence Perry
The results of this heart-to-heart talk were not long in coming.
Baseball Joe, Captain of the Team|Lester Chadwick
Jean needed her, and she needed Jean; she was longing eagerly for long, heart-to-heart talks with her only woman friend.
A Question of Marriage|Mrs. George de Horne Vaizey

They were to be a series of heart-to-heart talks, embodying the psychological phases of the Polar controversy and my own actions.
My Attainment of the Pole|Frederick A. Cook

British Dictionary definitions for heart-to-heart

heart-to-heart

adjective

(esp of a conversation or discussion) concerned with personal problems or intimate feelings

noun

an intimate conversation or discussion

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