dirty laundry

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Meaning: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically:seedirty,‎laundry.If you bring yourdirty laundryround on Saturday, I'll wash it for you.; (idiomatic)Unflatteringorembarrassingfacts, orquestionableactivitiesthat one wants to remain secret, but which someone else may use asblackmail.If you don't tell me why you did it, I'll air all yourdirty laundryto your boss.2017, David Montgomery,Thoughts on the Abundant Life, page337:Look, we all have trouble in our lives but most of us aren't hanging ourdirty laundryout there for the whole world to see.; (metonymic)Aclotheshamperor othercontainerin whichsoiledlaundry isplaced.Place your dirty clothes in thedirty laundry.

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