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Definition let the genie out of the bottle in British English

let the genie out of the bottle phrase

phrase
1

to do something that causes a situation to change, so that it is no longer possible to go back to an earlier state

Example

Now the press has let the genie out of the bottle, the question is what happens next.

Definition let the genie out of the bottle in British English