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Meaning: (informal,idiomatic)Thenewest,exclusive, or evenconfidentialinformationon someone or something, especially when it is nottypicallywell-knownoraccessibleto thegeneral public.1952, Patients in the Iowa State Sanitorium for Treatment of Tuberculosis at Oakdale, Iowa (publisher),The Iowa Stethoscope - Volumes 30-31, page24:I welcome the opportunity to give you theinside scoopon the raunchiest crew of lungers who ever rode a mattress.1954, Bureau of Supplies and Accounts, Navy Department (publisher),Monthly Newsletter - Volume 18, page31:Whether you have heard of the center or not, or taken some of its courses, you may be interested in getting some of theinside scoop.1969,New York Magazine, page42:Having spent weeks talking to middle-class pot-smokers (over 30) all around the city, I traveled to the tip of Manhattan for theinside scoopfrom the Federal Bureau of Narcotics & Dangerous Drugs.1974,Ebony Magazine, page123:A lot of young men are getting theinside scoopabout the Air Force Academy from the outside.
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