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SPILL THE BEANS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does spill the beans mean? 

SPILL THE BEANS (verb)
  The verb SPILL THE BEANS has 1 sense:

1. divulge confidential information or secretsplay

  Familiarity information: SPILL THE BEANS used as a verb is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


SPILL THE BEANS (verb)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Divulge confidential information or secrets

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Synonyms:

babble; babble out; blab; blab out; let the cat out of the bag; peach; sing; spill the beans; talk; tattle

Context example:

Be careful--his secretary talks

Hypernyms (to "spill the beans" is one way to...):

break; bring out; disclose; discover; divulge; expose; give away; let on; let out; reveal; uncover; unwrap (make known to the public information that was previously known only to a few people or that was meant to be kept a secret)

Verb group:

spill; talk (reveal information)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s


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