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	Pronounced	Usage
Plato	PLAY-to (English)	Ancient Greek (Latinized)
Les	LES, LEZ	English
Garnett	['ga:nit]
Alberte (2)	-	French, Danish
Matrona	-	Russian, Late Roman
Nino (2)	-	Ancient Near Eastern (Hellenized), Georgian