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Definition of let the cat out of the bag
let the cat out of the bag
verb
- to release a secret.
Citation from "Acid Queen", Reaper (TV), Season 1 Episode 13 (2008) blacked out to resolve Google's penalty against this site.Last edited on Dec 31 2010. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Aug 11 2009.
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Other terms relating to 'bag': | |
| Definitions include: better than all that. | |
| Definitions include: the best. | |
| Definitions include: a general insult. | |
| Definitions include: to lie to; deceive. | |
| Definitions include: a female who is in a relationship only for illegal powdered drugs (e.g. cocaine,) which is often stored in a small bag. | |
| Definitions include: The fries that fall out due to vibration and are at the bottom of the bag. | |
| Definitions include: a person who is so ugly that one would have to put a bag over their head (so as to hide their face) before considering having intercourse with them. | |
| Definitions include: a female who does sexual favors as payment instead of cash to obtain drugs or get a bag/sack of her own. | |
| Definitions include: a homeless woman. | |
| Definitions include: noun, means a sack lunch. | |
| Definitions include: an extremely skinny person. | |
| Definitions include: a despicable person. | |
| Definitions include: something displeasing. | |
| Definitions include: a person who is a source of constant surprise. | |
| Definitions include: to insult for fun; "make fun of". | |
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Other terms relating to 'cat': | |
| Definitions include: a female. | |
| Definitions include: A male who moves in on and takes the attention of a female away from another male that she was potentially interested in. | |
| Definitions include: Long chain, such as a watch chain, worn by 'hep cats' and zoot suiters. | |
| Definitions include: a fight between two or more females. | |
| Definitions include: a short nap. | |
| Definitions include: A term used in the Bronx in the seventies denoting that a person is ignored, looked over, paid no attention to, wrote off, disrespected. | |
| Definitions include: raining hard. | |
| Definitions include: something really great. | |
| Definitions include: something great; "first rate." | |
| Definitions include: an infectious disease humans catch from cats. | |
| Definitions include: the best. | |
| Definitions include: the best you can get. | |
| Definitions include: a person who copies others. | |
| Definitions include: to hold down others from social progression. | |
| Definitions include: an admonishment that curiosity can be dangerous. | |
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Other terms relating to 'let': | |
| Definitions include: "Let me". | |
| Definitions include: suffix indicating a small version of something. | |
| Definitions include: forget about something bad that happened in the past. | |
| Definitions include: to flatulate | |
| Definitions include: an invitation to let something proceed, as when bull-riding and requesting the gate be opened. | |
| Definitions include: to relax. | |
| Definitions include: to stop pursuing a line of conversation or questioning. | |
| Definitions include: to do something enthusiastically. | |
| Definitions include: to relax and have fun. | |
| Definitions include: see off the hook. | |
| Definitions include: to flatulate; "fart". | |
| Definitions include: to flatulate; "fart". | |
| Definitions include: to let a person suffer the consequences of their actions. | |
| Definitions include: let's have sex. | |
| Definitions include: to flatulate; "fart"; "pass gas". | |
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Other terms relating to 'of': | |
| Definitions include: a worthless person. | |
| Definitions include: sexual activity. | |
| Definitions include: A good estimate, term of agreement | |
| Definitions include: a little crazy | |
| Definitions include: "not all there". | |
| Definitions include: skittish. | |
| Definitions include: an impressive. | |
| Definitions include: an impressive. | |
| Definitions include: many. | |
| Definitions include: better than all that. | |
| Definitions include: the best. | |
| Definitions include: something or someone cherished above all others. | |
| Definitions include: A fictional location used to denote a place that is very remote. | |
| Definitions include: very early in the day. | |
| Definitions include: some location extremely far away. | |
Other terms relating to 'out': | |
| Definitions include: the feeling when you defecate huge and your anus is stretched. | |
| Definitions include: fatigued after amphetamine use. | |
| Definitions include: very; really; extremely. | |
| Definitions include: in an irreparably bad situation; "out of luck"; "screwed". | |
| Definitions include: Slang for having a shit. | |
| Definitions include: to get someone out of jail by posting bail. | |
| Definitions include: to tell on someone; "snitch". | |
| Definitions include: a session of getting baked (i.e. high from marijuana.) | |
| Definitions include: to leave. | |
| Definitions include: also balls to the wall. | |
| Definitions include: to hit or cause bodily injury. | |
| Definitions include: to study to excess or to be over-competitive in school-work. | |
| Definitions include: to beat severely. | |
| Definitions include: to beat severely. | |
| Definitions include: to violently beat. | |
Other terms relating to 'the': | |
| Definitions include: Walking, generally as opposed to driving. | |
| Definitions include: interrogation. | |
| Definitions include: extremely intoxicated | |
| Definitions include: information. | |
| Definitions include: something you have now is worth more than two things you have just a chance of getting. | |
| Definitions include: A good estimate, term of agreement | |
| Definitions include: a secret advantage. | |
| Definitions include: Inclusive | |
| Definitions include: to make a bad situation worse. | |
| Definitions include: with the amount of time left to finish a task rapidly disappearing. | |
| Definitions include: of a male, to urinate. | |
| Definitions include: secret sexual activity with a person other than one's partner. | |
| Definitions include: extremely popular. | |
| Definitions include: taking a passive role. | |
| Definitions include: the bathroom. | |
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