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Definition of Heart-to-heart

1. Adjective. Openly straightforward and direct without reserve or secretiveness. "A heart-to-heart talk"

2. Noun. An intimate talk in private. "He took me aside for a little heart-to-heart"

Lexicographical Neighbors of Heart-to-heart

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Literary usage of Heart-to-heart

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Miscellaneous Writings, 1883-1896 by Mary Baker Eddy (1897)
"HEART TO HEART. WHEN the heart speaks, however simple the words, its language is always acceptable to those who have hearts. I just want to say: I thank you ..."

2. Proceedings by National Baptist Educational Convention (1872)
"... and I think that any good teacher or good minister needs to feel that he is young and needs to go heart to heart in full sympathy with the young men who ..."

3. Our Viceregal Life in India: Selections from My Journal, 1884-1888 by Herriot Georgina Dufferin et Ava (1890)
"... Sir Lepel in his arms, saying to Sir Lepel, who, he knows, dislikes this exhibition of affection, ‘heart to heart, in spite of your English prejudices. ..."

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