give the show away

Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

Tento one, the woman will give the show away.

From "And Then There Were None" by Agatha Christie

I should have been certain to give the show away in my anxiety for fear anybody should get to know about it, and do him a mischief.

From Jack Haydon's Quest by Jellicoe, John

He’s too close a bird to give the show away.

From John Ames, Native Commissioner A Romance of the Matabele Rising by Mitford, Bertram

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

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

In his r�le as that of an officer waiting to surrender, the possession of a revolver would tend to "give the show away".

From The Submarine Hunters A Story of the Naval Patrol Work in the Great War by Hodgson, Edward S.