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Spill the beans   /spɪl ðə binz/   Listen
Spill the beans

verb
1.
Divulge confidential information or secrets.  Synonyms: babble, babble out, blab, blab out, let the cat out of the bag, peach, sing, talk, tattle.  Antonym: keep quiet.






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"Spill the beans" Quotes from Famous Books



... "Better spill the beans, old boy," Grim said, smiling down at him. "You'll hang at the same time they do, if you can't tell a ...
— Jimgrim and Allah's Peace • Talbot Mundy

... said Sandy. "That bunch of jumpers he got together'll spill the beans unless he makes some play. It's plumb evident he wants these partickler claims. I don't believe he's hirin' men just to make us peevish. 'Sides, he didn't know fo' sure we were comin'. Might have figgered we'd trail ...
— Rimrock Trail • J. Allan Dunn

... him mad and he bit the stork's head off. Why should the brain worker invite the manual worker to a confab and then serve the feast in such long-necked language that the laborer can't get it? "Let's spill the beans," the agitator tells him, "then we'll all ...
— The Iron Puddler • James J. Davis

... and a lot that she threw in for good measure. I didn't have to start her; she was just aching to tell the whole story; how they came to her and all! If them other people get on to the house, she'll spill the beans to them sure, Miss. She don't own that house; she only rents it, and the next time I go I'll have an order from the agent to put in weatherstrips or clean the chimneys and grates. I want a talk with the lad as soon as he is well enough. I'll report to ...
— The Fifth Ace • Douglas Grant



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