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Use let-the-cat-out-of-the-bag in a sentence

Definition of let the cat out of the bag:

  • (verb) divulge confidential information or secrets | to disclose a secret

Sentence Examples:

You're as transparent as a child, my dear, and besides, your elderly friend let the cat out of the bag when he said he feared he had annoyed you by trying to find out your identity.

"You mustn't hurt him any way," interposed John; "if you are going to do anything of that sort, I shall let the cat out of the bag."

This let the cat out of the bag, for these Chinese were making the bodies of the dead the carriers of gold, for as soon as the bodies reached home the gold was extracted.

"It might be," mused the other, "and we could have some fun with Bristles by springing the racket on him before he got a chance to let the cat out of the bag."

We see now, too, how a determination to see for oneself would "let the cat out of the bag," and expose the trickery of the proceeding.

Some men would have amused themselves by trying to chaff them separately about the girl at home, and I suppose whichever one it was would have let the cat out of the bag if I had done that.