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carry one's heart upon one's sleeve

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.65 in modern English

Syllables
car-ry one's -heart upon one's sleeve
IPA
41
Scrabble Score
28
Letters
3
Syllables
14
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

Alternative form of wear one's heart on one's sleeve.

Inflected Forms

carries one's heart upon one's sleeve (present, singular) carrying one's heart upon one's sleeve (participle, present) carried one's heart upon one's sleeve (participle, past) carried one's heart upon one's sleeve (past)

Questions

What does carry one's heart upon one's sleeve mean?
Alternative form of wear one's heart on one's sleeve.

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