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Webster's New World Dictionary (EN-EN)
chest
n.
ME chest, chiste < OE, ON, or L: OE cist & ON kista < L cista < Gr kist, a box, basket < IE * kista, woven container > OIr cess, basket
1. a box with a lid and, often, a lock, for storing or shipping things
2. Rare a place where money or funds are kept; treasury
3. a public fund [the community chest]
4. CHEST OF DRAWERS
5. a cabinet, as for holding medical supplies or toiletries
6.
a) the part of the body enclosed by the ribs, breastbone, and diaphragm; thorax
b) the outside front part of this
get something off one's chest
Informal to unburden oneself of some trouble, annoyance, etc. by talking about it
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