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let the cat out of the bag

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Verb

to let the cat out of the bag

  1. (idiomatic) To disclose a secret; to let a secret be known, often inadvertently.
    It was going to be a surprise party until someone let the cat out of the bag.
    • 1849, Charlotte Brontë, Shirley
      He proved himself as decent, decorous, and conscientious as Peter was rampant, boisterous, and This last epithet I choose to suppress, because it would let the cat out of the bag.

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  1. The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms

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