LET THE CAT OUT OF THE BAG

Meaning of LET THE CAT OUT OF THE BAG in English

to tell a secret carelessly or by mistake :

I wanted it to be a surprise, but my sister let the cat out of the bag.

Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary. Оксфордский английский словарь для изучающик язык на продвинутом уровне. 2005

LET THE CAT OUT OF THE BAG — phrasal to give away a secret
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
LET THE CAT OUT OF THE BAG — phrasal : to reveal hitherto undisclosed information his vacation plans were a secret but he let the cat out of …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
LET THE CAT OUT OF THE BAG — reveal the secret
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
LET THE CAT OUT OF THE BAG — : to give away a secret
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
LET THE CAT OUT OF THE BAG — to give away a secret
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
LET THE CAT OUT OF THE BAG — informal reveal a secret carelessly or by mistake. → cat
Concise Oxford English vocab
LET THE CAT OUT OF THE BAG — see cat
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
LET THE CAT OUT OF THE BAG — see cat
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
LET THE CAT OUT OF THE BAG — {v. phr.}, {informal} To tell about something that is supposed to be a secret. * /We wanted to surprise Mary …
Slang English vocab
LET THE CAT OUT OF THE BAG — See ↑ TELL 12
Longman Activator English vocab
LET THE CAT OUT OF THE BAG — {v. phr.}, {informal} To tell about something that is supposed to be a secret. * /We wanted to surprise Mary …
Словарь английских идиом
LET THE CAT OUT OF THE BAG — tell people, the cat's out of the bag People know we plan to elope. Who let the cat out of …
English Idioms vocab
LET THE CAT OUT OF THE BAG — tell people ( See the cats out of the bag ) People know we plan to elope. Who let the …
English Idioms vocabulary
LET THE CAT OUT OF THE BAG — v. phr. , informal To tell about something that is supposed to be a secret. We wanted to surprise Mary …
American Idioms English vocabulary
LET THE CAT OUT OF THE BAG — разболтать секрет, выболтать секрет
English-Russian-dictionary - Bed release
LET THE CAT OUT OF THE BAG — разболтать секрет, выболтать секрет
English-Russian-dictionary - Bed release
LET THE CAT OUT OF THE BAG — выболтать секрет; способствовать утечке информации
Англо-Русский словарь английских идиом
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Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
CAT — I or feline Any member of the family Felidae, the most highly specialized group of mammalian carnivore s. Modern-type cats …
Английский словарь Британика
OUT — I. |au̇t, usu |au̇d.+V adverb Etymology: Middle English, from Old English ūt; akin to Old High German ūz out, Old …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
LET — I. ˈlet, usu -ed.+V transitive verb ( letted ; letted or let ; letting ; lets ) Etymology: Middle English …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
CAT — I. ˈkat, usu -ad.+V noun ( -s ) Usage: often attributive Etymology: Middle English cat, catte, from Old English catt, …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
BAG
Webster's New International English Dictionary
-LET — lə̇t, usu -ə̇d.+V noun suffix ( -s ) Etymology: Middle English -let, -lette, from Middle French -elet, from Old French, …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
OUT — /owt/ , adv. 1. away from, or not in, the normal or usual place, position, state, etc.: out of alphabetical …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
LET — let 1 /let/ , v. , let, letting , n. v.t. 1. to allow or permit: to let him escape. …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
CAT — /kat/ , n. , v. , catted, catting . n. 1. a small domesticated carnivore, Felis domestica or F. catus, …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
BAG — — baglike , adj. /bag/ , n. , v. , bagged, bagging , interj. n. 1. a container or receptacle …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
OUT — I. ˈau̇t adverb Etymology: Middle English, from Old English ūt; akin to Old High German ūz out, Greek hysteros later, …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
LET — I. ˈlet transitive verb ( let·ted ; letted or let ; let·ting ) Etymology: Middle English letten, from Old English …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
BAG — I. ˈbag also ˈbāg noun Etymology: Middle English bagge, from Old Norse baggi Date: 13th century 1. : a usually …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
OUT — vt to come out with; to make known. 2. out ·vi to come or go out; to get out or …
Webster English vocab
LET
Webster English vocab
CAT — noun a cat o' nine tails. ·see below. 2. cat ·noun a strong tackle used to draw an anchor up …
Webster English vocab
BAG — vi to become pregnant. 2. bag ·vi to swell with arrogance. 3. bag ·noun the quantity of game bagged. 4. …
Webster English vocab
OUT-
Merriam-Webster English vocab
LET — [let] vt let.ted ; letted or let ; let.ting [ME letten, fr. OE lettan to delay, hinder; akin to OHG …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
BAG — [bag] n [ME bagge, fr. ON baggi] (13c) 1: a usu. flexible container that may be closed for holding, storing, …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
CAT — (family Felidae), any of a group of carnivorous mammals that includes the true catslion, tiger, jaguar, leopard, puma, and domestic …
Britannica English vocabulary
LET — let BrE AmE let —The phrase let me has a non-standard casual form ˈlem i , sometimes written lemme ▷ …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
CAT — cat BrE AmE kæt ▷ cats kæts ▶ ˈ cat ˌ burglar BrE AmE ▶ ˈ cat ˌ cracker BrE …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
OUT
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
LET — / let; NAmE / verb , noun ■ verb ( let·ting , let , let ) ALLOW 1. [ no …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
CAT
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
BAG — / bæg; NAmE / noun , verb ■ noun CONTAINER 1. [ C ] (often in compounds) a container made …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
OUT
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
LET — I. let 1 S1 W1 /let/ BrE AmE verb ( past tense and past participle let , present participle letting …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
CAT
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
BAG — I. bag 1 S1 W2 /bæɡ/ BrE AmE noun [countable] [ Date: 1200-1300 ; Language: Old Norse ; Origin: baggi …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
OUT — adv., prep., n., adj., int., & v. --adv. 1 away from or not in or at a place etc. (keep …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
LET — v. & n. --v. (letting; past and past part. let) 1 tr. a allow to, not prevent or forbid (we …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
CAT — n. & v. --n. 1 a small soft-furred four-legged domesticated animal, Felis catus. 2 a any wild animal of the …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
OUT — adv., prep., n., adj., int., & v. adv. 1 away from or not in or at a place etc. (keep …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
LET — v. & n. v. (letting; past and past part. let) 1 tr. a allow to, not prevent or forbid (we …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
CAT — n. & v. n. 1 a small soft-furred four-legged domesticated animal, Felis catus. 2 a any wild animal of the …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
BAG — n. & v. n. 1 a receptacle of flexible material with an opening at the top. 2 a (usu. in …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
OUT — adv., prep., n., adj., int., & v. --adv. 1. away from or not in or at a place etc. (keep …
Oxford English vocab
LET — 1. v. & n. --v. (letting; past and past part. let) 1. tr. a allow to, not prevent or forbid …
Oxford English vocab
CAT — n. & v. --n. 1. a small soft-furred four-legged domesticated animal, Felis catus. 2 a any wild animal of the …
Oxford English vocab
BAG — n. & v. --n. 1. a receptacle of flexible material with an opening at the top. 2 a (usu. in …
Oxford English vocab
OUT
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
LET — ( lets, letting) Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. Note: The form 'let' …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
CAT — ( cats) Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English. 1. A cat is a …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
BAG — ( bags) Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English. 1. A bag is a …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary

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