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
Josu-Basque
Primitivapree-mee-TEE-vah (Spanish)Spanish, Late Roman
VenkaVEN-kahEsperanto
Kiarra-English (Modern)
Julia['dʒu:ljə]
Elfriedeel-FREE-dəGerman