skeleton in the closet

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Noun skeleton in the closet has 1 sense

skeleton, skeleton in the closet, skeleton in the cupboard - a scandal that is kept secret; "there must be a skeleton somewhere in that family's closet"
--₁ is a kind of scandal, outrage