"inside scoop" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: inside scoops [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} inside scoop (countable and uncountable, plural inside scoops)
  1. (informal, idiomatic) 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. Tags: countable, idiomatic, informal, uncountable
    Sense id: en-inside_scoop-en-noun-ZRan4KoM Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

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        },
        {
          "ref": "1954, Bureau of Supplies and Accounts, Navy Department (publisher), Monthly Newsletter - Volume 18, page 31:",
          "text": "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.",
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        {
          "ref": "1969, New York Magazine, page 42:",
          "text": "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.",
          "type": "quote"
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          "ref": "1974, Ebony Magazine, page 123:",
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          "ref": "1954, Bureau of Supplies and Accounts, Navy Department (publisher), Monthly Newsletter - Volume 18, page 31:",
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