OXFORD 9000
📚 verb • entry_id 23144

let the cat out of the bag

Meanings (ES + gloss)
descubrirse el pastel • destapar la olla • irse de la lengua • levantar la liebre
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.
[H]e 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 th…
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