spill the beans

Example Sentences

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And Hegseth used his personal phone this time to spill the beans.

From Salon • Apr. 21, 2025

Twins manager Rocco Baldelli said the sausage made the trip with the team, but wouldn’t spill the beans on how the well-traveled piece of meat made it over the border into Canada.

From Seattle Times • May 10, 2024

But for now, find out all the backstage gossip from this year's stars - from Adam to Zara - as they took a break from rehearsals to spill the beans.

From BBC • Sep. 11, 2023

Fellow ex-Cambridge employee Christopher Wylie criticized the whistleblower claim in his memoir, saying Kaiser’s willingness to spill the beans came only after she had little other choice.

From Washington Post • Jul. 2, 2022

Dimple was sure she’d go nuts if he didn’t spill the beans soon.

From "When Dimple Met Rishi" by Sandhya Menon