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dirty laundry

dirty laundry noun: unflattering or embarrassing facts, or questionable activities that one wants to remain secret, but which someone else may use as blackmail.

Noun

dirty laundry (uncountable)

  1. (idiomatic) Unflattering or embarrassing facts, or questionable activities that one wants to remain secret, but which someone else may use as blackmail.
    • If you don't tell me why you did it, I'll air all your dirty laundry to your boss.
    • Look, we all have trouble in our lives but most of us aren't hanging our dirty laundry out there for the whole world to see.2017, David Montgomery, Thoughts on the Abundant Life, page 337
  2. (metonymically) A clothes hamper or other container in which soiled laundry is placed.
    • Place your dirty clothes in the dirty laundry.
  3. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see dirty, laundry.
    • If you bring your dirty laundry round on Saturday, I'll wash it for you.
    Synonyms:
    dirty washing

dirty laundry meaning in Bengali

dirty laundry in Bengali

অপ্রীতিকর, লজ্জাজনক তথ্য

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Words formed from dirty laundry

Questions about dirty laundry

What does dirty laundry mean?
Dirty laundry means unflattering or embarrassing facts, or questionable activities that one wants to remain secret, but which someone else may use as blackmail.
What is dirty laundry in Bengali?
Dirty laundry in Bengali is অপ্রীতিকর, লজ্জাজনক তথ্য. See Dirty laundry meaning in Bengali.
What part of speech is dirty laundry?
Dirty laundry is a noun.

Words near dirty laundry in the dictionary

  1. dirty ice cream
  2. dirty joke
  3. dirty jokes
  4. dirty kitchen
  5. dirty kitchens
  6. dirty laundry
  7. dirty linen
  8. dirty look
  9. dirty looks
  10. dirty magazine
  11. dirty magazines

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