talk out of school
talk out of school is the alternative form of tell tales out of school.
Meaning of tell tales out of school
Verb
tell tales out of school (third-person singular simple present tells tales out of school, present participle telling tales out of school, simple past and past participle told tales out of school)
- To reveal confidential or sensitive information; to gossip.
- I see then we have both been at school. But did you never, when you were there, hear it said, "Tell no tales out of school?"1831 April 27, “Court of Aldermen”, in The Times, page 4
- Synonyms:
- blab, gossip, squeal, talk out of turn
Forms of talk out of school
| third-person singular present | talks out of school |
|---|---|
| present participle | talking out of school |
| past participle | talked out of school |
| past | talked out of school |
Questions about talk out of school
- What is talk out of school the alternative form of?
- Talk out of school is the alternative form of tell tales out of school.
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Adapted from Wiktionary: talk out of school (page history and authors); tell tales out of school (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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