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
Makhmud-Uzbek, Kazakh, Chechen
Ahtahkakoop-Native American, Cree
Leobwin-Ancient Germanic
SanteriSAHN-te-reeFinnish
Husein-Bosnian
Chinyelu-Western African, Igbo