Blab Out (Verb)
Meaning
Divulge confidential information or secrets; "Be careful--his secretary talks".
Classification
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing.
Examples
- She couldn't be trusted to keep the company's financials confidential, everyone knew she had a tendency to blab out sensitive information to her friends.
- If you tell him the plan, he'll blab it out to everyone in the office, so keep it under wraps for now.
- Detectives often use tactics that encourage suspects to blab out crucial details of a crime during interrogation sessions.
- The gossip columnist would frequently get celebrities to blab out juicy secrets during flattery-filled interviews.
- Unfortunately, the new intern was loose-lipped and had blabbed out confidential trade information to a competitor's representative.