dead giveaway
Example Sentences
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While both phones and laptops now have high-quality cameras, the formatting is a dead giveaway that you’re not on a laptop, says Melissa Marcus, a career coach who worked as a recruiter for 20 years.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 21, 2026
The color of the notes is usually a dead giveaway.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 3, 2026
Coffee sprayed from my mouth, a dead giveaway that no, I’d never thought about latex.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 10, 2023
If there was about one part of lead to chromium, it was a dead giveaway that the adulterant was being used.
From Salon ● Aug. 2, 2023
The uniform I was wearing under them was a dead giveaway to what I was, but the scrubs were too baggy to run in.
From "The Darkest Minds" by Alexandra Bracken
