Meaning of inside scoop | Babel Free

Definitions

The newest, exclusive, or even confidential information on someone or something, especially when it is not typically well-known or accessible to the general public.

countable, idiomatic, informal, uncountable

Examples

“I welcome⟳ the opportunity to give⟳ you the inside scoop on the raunchiest crew of lungers who ever rode a mattress.”

“Whether you have⟳ heard of the center or not, or taken some of its courses, you may be interested in getting some of the inside scoop.”

“Having spent weeks talking to middle-class pot-smokers (over 30) all around the city, I traveled to the tip⟳ of Manhattan for the inside scoop from the Federal Bureau of Narcotics & Dangerous Drugs.”

“A lot of young men are getting the inside scoop about the Air Force⟳ Academy from the outside.”

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