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

Though the human-size Amazon box could be a dead giveaway.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 23, 2025

This opening bit of narration is a dead giveaway that “Holland” is not confident enough in its very game cast or Cave’s capable direction, and this uncertainty bleeds into the rest of the film’s narrative.

From Salon • Mar. 27, 2025

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

I wave back and stay close to the wall, walking toward the elevator, hoping the two extra boxes in the bag aren’t a dead giveaway.

From "The Last Cuentista" by Donna Barba Higuera