dead giveaway
Example Sentences
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The color of the notes is usually a dead giveaway.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 3, 2026
When happiness is a dead giveaway that someone either doesn’t know, or doesn’t care, how very bad things are?
From Washington Post • Mar. 31, 2023
If the name of the film wasn't a dead giveaway, "Women Talking" is nothing without its powerful screenplay, which reads like an Ancient Greek dialogue on the nature of religion and submission.
From Salon • Mar. 11, 2023
It is very easy to create a fake webpage that looks exactly like the Chase sign-in page, but the underlying URL is usually a dead giveaway.
From Seattle Times • Feb. 21, 2023
Well, the school was really called Chester Academy, which was a dead giveaway it was bougie.
From "Patina" by Jason Reynolds
