Idiom | Let Your Hair Down |
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Example | At my sleep-over party, Nina really let her hair down. |
Meaning | to behave freely and naturally; to relax and show your true self |
Origin | This idiom started in the 1800s when many women wore their long hair pinned up in public and only let it down in private, especially just before they went to bed. |
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