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open the kimono

open the kimono verb: to reveal confidential information, especially details of one's business operations.

Verb

open the kimono (third-person singular simple present opens the kimono, present participle opening the kimono, simple past and past participle opened the kimono)

  1. (idiomatic, often) To reveal confidential information, especially details of one's business operations.
    • For the first 10 minutes, Lui refuses to "open the kimono" and reveal details about the company.1999, Time, volume 154, numbers 10-17, page 72
    • Before agreeing to “open the kimono” and show them everything, first ask exactly what they will want to see—all sales records, from all customers?2014, Susie Wyshak, Good Food, Great Business

open the kimono meaning in Bengali

open the kimono in Bengali

গোপনীয় তথ্য প্রকাশ করা

Forms of open the kimono

third-person singular presentopens the kimono
present participleopening the kimono
past participleopened the kimono
pastopened the kimono
alternative formopen up the kimono

Origin of open the kimono

Unknown. Possibly a calque of Japanese 胸襟を開く (“to share one's feelings”, literally “to open one's collar”) or Japanese 裃を脱ぐ (“to be frank”, literally “to take off one's haori and hakama (two garments worn over a kimono)”).

Questions about open the kimono

What does open the kimono mean?
Open the kimono means to reveal confidential information, especially details of one's business operations.
What is open the kimono in Bengali?
Open the kimono in Bengali is গোপনীয় তথ্য প্রকাশ করা. See Open the kimono meaning in Bengali.
What part of speech is open the kimono?
Open the kimono is a verb.
What is the past tense of open the kimono?
The past tense of open the kimono is opened the kimono.

Words near open the kimono in the dictionary

  1. open the ball
  2. open the batting
  3. open the door
  4. open the face
  5. open the floodgates
  6. open the kimono
  7. open the range
  8. open the schools
  9. open the way
  10. open time
  11. open times

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Adapted from Wiktionary: open the kimono (page history and authors); open the kimono (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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