English > spill the beans: 1 sense > verb 1, communication| Meaning | divulge confidential information or secrets. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s |
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| Synonyms | let the cat out of the bag, 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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