need-to-know

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Adjective

need-to-know (not comparable)

1. (idiomatic) (of information) given to another only when necessary.

Noun

need-to-know (plural need-to-knows)

1. Something that one needs to know; a piece of necessary information.

See also

• on a need-to-know basis
• eyes-only