give the show away
Example Sentences
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Tento one, the woman will give the show away.
From "And Then There Were None" by Agatha Christie
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"I should like Miss Grant to be with you," Vanno said; and this—if she had not guessed already—would have been enough, Rose thought, "to give the show away."
From The Guests Of Hercules by M. Leone Bracker
That would give the show away at once.
From The School by the Sea by Angela Brazil
"Whatever you do, though, don't make a noise and give the show away!"
From For the Sake of the School by Angela Brazil
"Don't give the show away for want of a little caution!" he said.
From Rosa Mundi and Other Stories by Ethel M. (Ethel May) Dell