Verb: let the cat out of the bag
- Divulge confidential information or secrets
"Be careful—his secretary lets the cat out of the bag";
- spill the beans [informal], talk, tattle, blab [informal], peach [informal], babble, sing [informal], babble out, blab out [informal], give the game away
Derived forms: letting the cat out of the bag, lets the cat out of the bag, let the cat out of the bag
Type of: break, bring out, disclose, discover, divulge, expose, give away, lay bare, let on, let out, reveal, uncover, unwrap
Encyclopedia: Let the cat out of the bag