English > let the cat out of the bag: 1 sense > verb 1, communicationMeaning | divulge confidential information or secrets. |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s |
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Synonyms | spill the beans, talk, tattle, blab, peach, babble, sing, babble out, blab out |
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Broader | unwrap, disclose, let on, bring out, reveal, discover, expose, divulge, break, give away, let out, uncover | Make known to the public information that was previously known only to a few people or that was meant to be kept a secret |
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Opposite | keep quiet, shut one's mouth, keep one's mouth shut | Refrain from divulging sensitive information |
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Similar to | spill, talk | reveal information |
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Spanish | cantar, cotillear, delatar, mascullar |
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Catalan | cantar, divulgar, murmurar, parlar, parlotejar, revelar, xerrar |
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