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spilled the beans

VERB

divulage a secret

Synonyms

WEAK

leak let slip let the cat out of the bag sing spill squawk tell a secret

Example Sentences

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We know this because Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent spilled the beans just the other day.

From Salon • Aug. 5, 2025

And, as if for its final trick, through the preview text of my lab results, MyChart spilled the beans about the sex of my baby.

From Slate • Jan. 2, 2025

It was Penny Oleksiak who’d spilled the beans to his neighbor Yeo about his hockey job after bumping into her while the family was in town for the Kraken’s 2021 home opener.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 30, 2023

Would I be completely in the wrong if I spilled the beans when the baby is born?

From Washington Post • Feb. 25, 2022

I was always taught not to tell anyone about anything that happens our household, but tonight I guess you could say that I spilled the beans.

From "The Freedom Writers Diary" by The Freedom Writers