Murder will out

1. Crime or wrongdoing will eventually be discovered and punished.

Idioms and Phrases

Certain news cannot be suppressed, as in He's being charged with embezzlement and fraud—murder will out, you know. This expression already appeared in Chaucer's The Nun's Priest's Tale: “Murder will out that we see day by day.” [Late 1300s]

Example Sentences

‘Blood Simple’ Murder will out in the Coen brothers’ nasty little 1984 indie noir about a Texas bartender having an ill-advised affair with his boss’ wife.

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Murder will out as “The Alienist: Angel of Darkness” ends its season with back-to-back episodes.

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Murder will out in the conclusion of the eight-part adaptation of Italian novelist Umberto Eco’s medieval mystery “The Name of the Rose.”

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Murder will out in “The Black Cat.”

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Murder will out in the imported six-part family drama/psychological thriller “Blood” starring “Grantchester’s” Carolina Main and “Line of Duty’s” Adrian Dunbar.

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