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11let the cat out of the bag — to tell people secret information, often without intending to. I was trying to keep the party a secret, but Jim went and let the cat out of the bag …
12let the cat out of the bag — to tell someone something that was intended to be secret He has let the cat out of the bag about the government s true intentions …
13Let the cat out of the bag — If you accidentally reveal a secret, you let the cat out of the bag …
14let the cat out of the bag — informal reveal a secret carelessly or by mistake. → cat …
15let the cat out of the bag — reveal the secret …
16To let the cat out of the bag — cat cat (k[a^]t), n. [AS. cat; akin to D. & Dan. kat, Sw. katt, Icel. k[ o]ttr, G. katze, kater, Ir. cat, W. cath, Armor. kaz, LL. catus, Bisc. catua, NGr. ga ta, ga tos, Russ. & Pol. kot, Turk. kedi, Ar. qitt; of unknown origin. Cf. {Kitten}.] 1 …
17let the cat out of the bag — phrasal to give away a secret …
18let the cat out of the bag — idi to divulge a secret …
19let the cat out of the bag — Reveal (often unintentionally) …
20cat n, let the - out of the bag — smell a rat …