American Idioms and Expressions

Pour Out One's Heart To (someone) Idiom

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pour out one's heart to (someone)
What does pour out one's heart to (someone) mean?
to tell everything about something to someoneThe girl poured out her heart to her mother when she returned home from work.

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What does "call for (someone or something)" mean?
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