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

"I mean, you saw enough without my telling you; and I mustn't give the show away."

From The White Wolf and Other Fireside Tales by Quiller-Couch, Arthur Thomas, Sir

"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 Bracker, M. Leone

Don't hurry, or you'll give the show away.

From On Land and Sea at the Dardanelles by Bridges, T. C. (Thomas Charles)

"Don't give the show away for want of a little caution!" he said.

From Rosa Mundi and Other Stories by Dell, Ethel M. (Ethel May)