verb
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADVERB
in
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He likes some one to confide in .
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He had no one to confide in and would have seen seeking psychiatric help himself as a sign of weakness.
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Research has shown that having some one to talk to and confide in is an important factor in preventing depression.
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Whom would I completely confide in ?
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Her father, quiet, humorous, stubbornly determined, gone now, no longer there to consult and confide in .
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She needed some one to trust and confide in , and I was too afraid of her outlandish behavior to listen.
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Who would he confide in and protect, and love for ever?
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On the spur of the moment, Matilda decided that the one person she would like to confide in was Miss Honey.
■ NOUN
friend
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You don't imagine I could confide in my best friends , do you?
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I merely wish to confide in you as friends .
secret
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To me, dear child, you confided your secret .
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He confided in me the secret of his technique.
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Una confided all her secrets to her.
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She confided intimate secrets to me.
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He is going to confide the secrets of his heart to us.
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She was close to him, confiding secrets which were only for him to hear.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Had Hotspur even confided to him all that she had urged and confessed, yesterday evening?
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Had Jonas Hamilton himself asked her she probably would have confided, but not to Travis.
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She had confided she was in love with some one else, but he didn't believe her.
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Sien confided in him for once, and the scheme to start another quarrel backfired.
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The teen, he confided, plans to take a public position on children.
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The two women began to laugh, and Joyce confided in Lois that her friend Margaret was just the worst.