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spill the beans
Idioms and Phrases
Disclose a secret or reveal something prematurely, as in You can count on little Carol to spill the beans about the surprise . In this colloquial expression, first recorded in 1919, spill means “divulge,” a usage dating from the 1500s.Example Sentences
On Friday morning, he circled back to raise doubts about the suggestion that Musk would “spill the beans” to China because of his business interests.
They can feign respect for Trump and prevent their media from spilling the beans.
Twins manager Rocco Baldelli said the sausage made the trip with the team, but wouldn’t spill the beans on how the well-traveled piece of meat made it over the border into Canada.
On Saturday, her pal, YouTube star Tana Mongeau appeared to spill the beans on the baby’s arrival before Cummings could, sharing an Instagram story featuring the postpartum mom.
The comic book writer, whose works have been adapted into award-winning television series, spilled the beans on his frequent collaborator Steven Yeun’s Marvel debut.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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