inside dope

the inside dope

slang Information that is not widely known or shared; privileged information. They've hired me as a consultant, but so far they aren't giving me the inside dope on what the project will actually be. It's all very cloaks and daggers. So, what's the inside dope on you and Jake? Are you two, like, an item now?
See also: dope, inside
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

inside dope

n. the inside story; special or privileged information. (see also (hot) skinny.) What’s the inside dope on the candidate’s drug addiction?
See also: dope, inside
McGraw-Hill's Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions
See also:
  • inside information
  • the inside dope
  • inside story
  • 411
  • 4-1-1
  • four-one-one
  • in/out of the loop
  • JFYI
  • word on the street
  • word on the wire
References in periodicals archive
Beyond a prime address at barracks in the Vatican with views overlooking Rome, and the inside dope on what it's like working for a pope, the life of a Swiss Guard is not all that glamorous, however.
Members of the council may have some inside dope that gives them confidence in the eventual appearance of such a partner.
Hudson, co-author of last year's highly successful Niagara Falls Confidential, has turned out a classic rock and roll memoir that dishes the inside dope on the groundbreaking American punk rock movement and many of its top stars," the synopsis reads.
"Inside Dope" Rufus Davis's own analysis of addiction as he has experienced it in others throughout their lives, and how these human beings are constantly battling themselves, trying to overcome themselves, trying to succeed, and all too often failing even with help.
Finishing the Hat regales us with deep-dish, tossed-off asides, trunk songs and inside dope on the heresies of lyric writing.
I wrote about the changes coming on in MotoGP and will write more when I get some inside dope. Eyes and ears are open as Honda and Ducati have new riders and their team of tuners, engineers etc move in.
Yet you don't need to have any inside dope to rule out the completely implausible and thus come up with the only completely scenario: some kind of Con-Lib deal, the eviction of the Downing Street Squatter, and the accession of David Cameron as head of the new government.
It was just the kind of inside dope the film lovers had turned out to hear on a cold, dank London night.
It is so hard to get inside dope out of this White House that one wants to be careful not to penalize those who risk letting the rest of us know the truth about what its inmates are up to.
So here is a collection of good stories, inside dope and real-life quandaries, all from someone still eager enough to compare herself to Nancy Drew and Brenda Starr.
Even during baseball season, the NFL Network provides living proof that it is possible to fill 24 hours a day satisfying the essential yearning for inside dope on free agency and instructing fans on the subtleties of the cover-two defense.
are pissed off at this week as for the inside dope.
We get the inside dope and international scope on DoCoMo from two industry veterans with globespanning CVs.
It's root, root, root for inside dope on the home teams as dailies ensure firms are not down-and-out but on the up-and-up
I first saw some of them in the Dafoe Papers in 1961 when I was doing by MA, and the inside dope from an array of sources instantly impressed, captivated, and titillated me.