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heart-to-heart

[ hahrt-tuh-hahrt ]

/ ˈhɑrt təˌhɑrt /

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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.

Origin of heart-to-heart

First recorded in 1865–70

Words nearby heart-to-heart

heart-healthy, heart-lung machine, heart-rending, heart-searching, heart-throb, heart-to-heart, heart-warming, heart-water, heart-whole, heart-wrenching, heartache

Example sentences 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