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Definition of come out of (one's) shell

come out of (one's) shell

verb

  • to no longer be shy.
    Donna came out of her shell after she joined a singing group at school.

    Last edited on Apr 19 2013. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Apr 19 2013.

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Other terms relating to 'come':

Definitions include: Can be said when impatiently waiting for someone to follow you. Double meaning of coming and orgasm.
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Definitions include: "come fuck me" boots.
Definitions include: to ejaculate.
Definitions include: to be unsuccessful.
Definitions include: "Could you repeat that?"
Definitions include: to be aggressive towards.
Definitions include: to confess.
Definitions include: to give someone oral sex.
Definitions include: This is an expression that was used in Western Kentucky in the late seventies, possibly earlier.
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Definitions include: to reach a point in one's development where one's comfortable with one's self.
Definitions include: to give up or quit.
Definitions include: a verbal attempt to attract, especially a brazen one; "pick-up line".
Definitions include: to go to the location of one of the speakers.

Other terms relating to 'of':

Definitions include: a worthless person.
Definitions include: sexual activity.
Definitions include: a good estimate.
Definitions include: a little crazy
Definitions include: of lower than average intelligence.
Definitions include: "not all there".
Definitions include: skittish.
Definitions include: an amount of violence.
Definitions include: having an opinion or belief prior to it becoming common or popular.
Definitions include: an impressive.
Definitions include: an impressive.
Definitions include: many.
Definitions include: an emphatic "yes".
Definitions include: better than all that.
Definitions include: the best.

Other terms relating to 'out':

Definitions include: the feeling when you defecate huge and your anus is stretched.
Definitions include: fatigued after amphetamine use.
Definitions include: very; really; extremely.
Definitions include: to ask a person on a date.
Definitions include: in an irreparably bad situation; "out of luck"; "screwed".
Definitions include: to defecate; "poop".
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Definitions include: to tell on someone; "snitch".
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Definitions include: See also balls to the wall.
Definitions include: to hit or cause bodily injury.
Definitions include: to study to excess or to be over-competitive in school-work.
Definitions include: to beat severely.
Definitions include: to beat severely.

Other terms relating to 'shell':

Definitions include: crazy.
Definitions include: to pay.
Definitions include: an Adidas Superstar shoe.

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