spill the beans

Speech parts

1. spill the beans - Verb

2. spill the beans - Phrase

Meaning

divulge confidential information or secrets

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

talk let the cat out of the bag babble tell reveal sing spill disclose confess peach divulge speak up blab tattle come out of the closet
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Antonyms

conceal keep quiet keep to oneself keep from keep one's lips sealed button one's lip
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Hypernyms

break reveal discover expose disclose uncover

Examples

Be careful--his secretary talks Source: Internet

D-day director Nikhil Advani spill the beans on how Rishi Kapoor and Irrfan Khan reacted when they were placed together in a scene. Source: Internet

Take a moment during your devotional time or while you’re in the word and simply open up a dialogue with the Lord and spill the beans. Source: Internet

While we don't know for sure that the phrase spill the beans really does date all the way back to ancient times, we do know that people have used the word spill to mean "divulge" at least since the 16th century. Source: Internet

TheWrap asked creator Darren Star (“Sex and the City,” “Younger”) to spill the beans on whether there’s hope for Emily and Gabriel in a potential second season of “Emily in Paris,” which he lovingly calls a “rom-com feature on steroids.” Source: Internet

Time to spill the beans, Ladies. Source: Internet

Words in the phrase

spill the beans

Close letter words and terms

spill one's seed spill out spill over spill the beans on spill the tea spill valve