revelationnoun [ C or U ]
uk/ˌrev.əˈleɪ.ʃən/us/ˌrev.əˈleɪ.ʃən/C2 the act of making something known that was secret, or a fact that is made known:
a moment of revelation
[ + that ] His wife divorced him after the revelation that he was having an affair.
Shocking revelations about their private life appeared in the papers.
come as/be a revelation
C2 to be an extremely pleasant surprise:
This book came as a complete revelation to me.
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Revealing secrets & becoming known
- (the) word is/gets out idiom
- bare
- be the talk of the town idiom
- break cover idiom
- cat
- dob sb in
- fink
- get around (somewhere)
- give sth away
- King's evidence
- leak
- let the cat out of the bag idiom
- open your heart to someone idiom
- sneak
- spill the beans idiom
- take the wraps off sth idiom
- tell on sb
- tongues wagging idiom
- turn
- unmask
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