toothpaste is out of the tube in English

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  "etymology_text": "From the practical impossibility of getting toothpaste back into a tube once it is squirted out.",
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          "word": "unring a bell"
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          "word": "let the cat out of the bag"
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"toothpaste is out of the tube" meaning in English

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