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BLAB OUT
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Dictionary entry overview: What does blab out mean?
• BLAB OUT (verb)
The verb BLAB OUT has 1 sense:
1. divulge confidential information or secrets
Familiarity information: BLAB OUT used as a verb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Divulge confidential information or secrets
Classified under:
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing
Synonyms:
babble; babble out; blab; blab out; let the cat out of the bag; peach; sing; spill the beans; talk; tattle
Context example:
Be careful--his secretary talks
Hypernyms (to "blab out" is one way to...):
break; bring out; disclose; discover; divulge; expose; give away; let on; let out; reveal; uncover; unwrap (make known to the public information that was previously known only to a few people or that was meant to be kept a secret)
Verb group:
spill; talk (reveal information)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s something
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