to find your voice
- idiom
- "I nodded; I felt a lump in my throat, and it took me a moment to find my voice."
- help you find your voice
- finally found your voice
- moment to find your voice
Like finding, just finding your voice is like such a huge hurdle.
- Like finding, just finding your voice is like such a huge hurdle.
- So find your voice, sing, act.
- So coming up with your own unique voice and pun intended, finding your voice is funny.
- Let's face it, though, the last thing a narcissistic partner wants you to do is for you to find your voice, right?
- What I want to tell people is that one, you're going to learn to coexist with that pain and you're slowly going to find your voice.
- I mean, to me, I think finding your voice is being honest with with whatever it is you're trying to put forward.
- But if that's how you, that's how you find your voice, that's how you start making stories your own, learn the rules before you break them.
- And from there, it was kind of merging these worlds and finding, like, everyone, you got to find your voice and just kind of bringing it all together.
- Well, I love, you know, especially in your memoir, you're so open about mental health and seeing a therapist and that you heal and find your voice.
- And what I've really found, it's that old adage, you got to find your voice, but how do you discover your voice if you're not singing?
Examples
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I know the dedication it takes to find my voice in my photographs.
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I love how it's helped me find my voice, find my mission, and my tribe.
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And so part of the work is finding your voice and being willing to go down the path that nobody else is going down.
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I know things will work out for you guys, but you must find your voice and use it!
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There is a paradox you must accept if you want to find your voice: it takes work.
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Through prayer, Bible study, meditation, and counseling, I have found my voice, and I will continue to use it.
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I mean, that's the whole reason I even talked myself into running-- to give a voice to the voiceless and maybe find my voice too.
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Regarding being monotone, one thing I've seen recommended to "find your voice" is to take up singing.
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And what I've really found, it's that old adage, you got to find your voice, but how do you discover your voice if you're not singing?
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"My job is to help you find your voice," Logue says to the king.
Synonyms
Begin to express your own ideas clearly and confidently
Antonyms
How Expressive
Surface Forms
Morphology
The phrase uses a metaphorical extension of 'voice' to mean one's expressive style or perspective, so while 'find' + 'voice' suggests discovering an ability to express oneself, the specific sense of discovering a unique style or identity is not strictly literal. Many languages use a similar metaphor, giving partial cues, but the nuanced meaning is not fully predictable for an average B1 learner without prior exposure.
Etymology
The phrase find your voice comes from the simple image of a singer or speaker who practices until they can use their real voice and sound like themselves. That's why it means 'to discover and express your true style or ideas'.