Question of the Day #726

Whether you talk with your partner, friends, family, or a therapist, it will help to get it out there.

From the 10th paragraph of this article at Health Line.

上記の文で、get it outの意味は？
In the sentence above, what does "get it out" mean?

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解答

意味：
英辞郎によると、

〈米俗〉〔人に悩みなどを〕打ち明ける

Get ~ outやget it out ~で直訳の他に意味がさまざまありますが、"get it out"には、このような特定な意味があります。

Answer

According to The Free Dictionary:

Fig. to tell someone about a problem; to pour out one's grief.

Examples

• Come on, get it out. You'll feel better.
• He would feel better if he could get it out.
• “For the most part, we didn’t get to finish all the questions, but we really started diving into a bunch of questions and I kind of let everyone get it out and talk about it,” Davis said.

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