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.
See also: confidence, take

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Hyakinthos-Greek Mythology, Ancient Greek
JessicaJES-i-kə (English)English, French, German, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese
Montgomery[mənt'gʌməri]
Luiseloo-EE-zəGerman
Manisha-Indian, Hindi, Marathi, Nepali
TarynTAHR-inEnglish