Definition of Spill the beans

1. Verb. Divulge confidential information or secrets. "Be careful--his secretary talks"


Definition of Spill the beans

1. Verb. (idiomatic intransitive) To reveal a secret; to disclose. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Spill The Beans

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spilikin
spilikins
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spilings
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spilites
spilitic
spill
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spill ink
spill one's guts
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spillable
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spillet fishing
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spillingly

Literary usage of Spill the beans

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. American Medicine (1921)
"How We "Spill the Beans."—And yet. from the official statistics of coffee consumption in the United States a year or two ago. i: was stated that our use of ..."

2. The Madonna of the Hills: A Story of a New York Cabaret Girl by Arthur Guy Empey (1921)
"... up and see if the judge will spill the beans who he's got fixed en the bench in Muldoon's case." "I'll try; but, speaking of Muldoon," replied Nannette, ..."

3. The Best Short Stories of ... and the Yearbook of the American Short Story edited by [Anonymus AC02789944] (1920)
"She 'll spill the beans that we come from Delancey Street the minute we introduce her anywhere. Must I always have the black shadow of my past trailing ..."

4. Public Opinion and the Steel Strike: Supplementary Reports of the by Bureau of Industrial Research (1921)
"He thought it was time to spill the beans on his ' industrial conciliator* employers. Before he could do this, however, he received from them another letter ..."

5. What the Workers Want: A Study of British Labor by Arthur Gleason (1920)
"They do not wish to spill the beans. Nothing rash, they seem to say; we have a living wage; hours are no longer killing—let us build our tabernacle in this ..."

6. What the Workers Want: A Study of British Labor by Arthur Gleason (1920)
"They do not wish to spill the beans. Nothing rash, they seem to say; we have a living wage; hours are no longer killing—let us build our tabernacle in this ..."

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