BLOW THE GAFF meaning: Reveal a secret or scandal - OneLook

Usually means: Reveal a secret or scandal.

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General (6 matching dictionaries)

blow the gaff: Merriam-Webster
blow the gaff: Collins English Dictionary
blow the gaff: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
Blow the gaff: World Wide Words
blow the gaff: Wiktionary

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)

blow the gaff: Idioms

Slang (2 matching dictionaries)

blow the gaff: English slang and colloquialisms used in the United Kingdom
Blow the Gaff: Urban Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (blow the gaff)

▸ verb: (UK, slang, obsolete) To disclose a secret.
▸ verb: (UK, slang, obsolete) To inform against a person.

Similar:

blabber, babble, shoot off at the mouth, guff, blow out, cough, blow the whistle, blow, whistle blow, drop a clanger, more...

Opposite:

keep secret, stay silent

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Similar:

blabber, babble, shoot off at the mouth, guff, blow out, cough, blow the whistle, blow, whistle blow, drop a clanger, more...

Opposite:

keep secret, stay silent

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