spill the beans
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People wait until they see if their favorite team is directly affected with a loss in the playoffs, then they spill the beans.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 26, 2026
Twins manager Rocco Baldelli said the sausage made the trip with the team, but wouldn’t spill the beans on how the well-traveled piece of meat made it over the border into Canada.
From Seattle Times • May 10, 2024
But for now, find out all the backstage gossip from this year's stars - from Adam to Zara - as they took a break from rehearsals to spill the beans.
From BBC • Sep. 11, 2023
Fellow ex-Cambridge employee Christopher Wylie criticized the whistleblower claim in his memoir, saying Kaiser’s willingness to spill the beans came only after she had little other choice.
From Washington Post • Jul. 2, 2022
Lucy said it was about time I wore good clothes, but she didn’t spill the beans that she had picked out my jumper two weeks ago.
From "P.S. Be Eleven" by Rita Williams-Garcia
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