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- take into one's confidence
take into one's confidence
take into one's confidence
Trust someone with a secret, as in She took me into her confidence and admitted that she was quitting next month. This idiom uses confidence in the sense of "trust," a usage dating from the late 1500s.
Common Names:
Name | Gender | Pronounced | Usage |
Phoebe | | ['fi:bi] | |
Jair | | JAY-ər (English) | Biblical |
Antelmo | | - | Spanish, Portuguese, Italian |
Cosme | | - | Portuguese, French |
Imeda | | - | Georgian |
Roope | | RO:-pe | Finnish |