take sb into one's confidence

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• take someone into one's confidence — tell someone one s secrets. → confide something to …   English new terms dictionary

• take someone into one's confidence — tell someone one s secrets …   Useful english dictionary

• take into one's confidence — ► take into one s confidence tell one s secrets to. Main Entry: ↑confidence …   English terms dictionary

• To take into one's confidence — Confidence Con fi*dence, n. [L. confidentia firm trust in, self confidence: cf. F. confidence.] 1. The act of confiding, trusting, or putting faith in; trust; reliance; belief; formerly followed by of, now commonly by in. [1913 Webster] Society… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• take into one's confidence — make into a secret, keep as a secret …   English contemporary dictionary

• take — I n. (colloq.) reaction 1) a double take ( delayed reaction ) (to do a double take) illegal payments 2) on the take (they were all on the take) ( they were all accepting bribes ) II v. 1) to take (a matter) lightly; seriously 2) (A) ( to carry )… …   Combinatory dictionary

• confidence — n. trust reliance 1) to enjoy, have; gain, win smb. s confidence 2) to inspire, instill confidence in smb. 3) to have; place one s confidence in smb. 4) to misplace one s confidence 5) to take smb. into one s confidence 6) to shake smb. s… …   Combinatory dictionary

• confidence — noun 1》 the belief that one can have faith in or rely on someone or something.     ↘a positive feeling arising from an appreciation of one s own abilities; self assurance. 2》 the telling of private matters or secrets with mutual trust.     ↘a… …   English new terms dictionary

• confidence — ► NOUN 1) the belief that one can have faith in or rely on someone or something. 2) self assurance arising from an appreciation of one s abilities. 3) the telling of private matters or secrets with mutual trust. 4) a secret or private matter told …   English terms dictionary

• Confidence — Con fi*dence, n. [L. confidentia firm trust in, self confidence: cf. F. confidence.] 1. The act of confiding, trusting, or putting faith in; trust; reliance; belief; formerly followed by of, now commonly by in. [1913 Webster] Society is built… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Confidence game — Confidence Con fi*dence, n. [L. confidentia firm trust in, self confidence: cf. F. confidence.] 1. The act of confiding, trusting, or putting faith in; trust; reliance; belief; formerly followed by of, now commonly by in. [1913 Webster] Society… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English