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/lɛt ðə kæt aʊt əv ðə bæg/ Listen

Let the cat out of the bag

verb

Divulge confidential information or secrets. Synonyms: babble, babble out, blab, blab out, peach, sing, spill the beans, talk, tattle.

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"Let the cat out of the bag" Quotes from Famous Books

... doing the hard work, and these big fellows had been using him, handing him a tip now and then, and making fortunes out of the information he brought them. McGivney had let the cat out of the bag in this case of Lackman; you might be sure they had been making money, big money, out of all the other cases. What Peter must do was to work up something of his own, and get the real money, and make himself ...

— 100%: The Story of a Patriot • Upton Sinclair

Words linked to "Let the cat out of the bag" : keep quiet, give away, unwrap, peach, expose, disclose, bring out, reveal, let out, let on, discover, break, divulge, spill