come out of the closet
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To publicly announce a belief or preference that one has kept hidden, especially one's sexual preference: “At the last moment, the representative came out of the closet and announced her support for the controversial amendment.” (See skeleton in the closet.)
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Other Idioms and Phrases with come out of the closet
come out of the closet
see come out, def. 6.
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