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murder will out

proverb

Etymology

The phrase murder will out, literally "murder will become public", appears as far back as Geoffrey Chaucer's works. The phrase is often linked to the superstition that a murderer's presence near the corpse will be indicated by fresh bleeding.

Definitions

  1. A murderer will always be discovered.

  2. Secrets or hidden crimes will eventually be exposed or discovered

    Secrets or hidden crimes will eventually be exposed or discovered; nothing that is secret can remain a secret forever.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for murder will out. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

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