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

Of course they'll be cut up and give the show away.

From Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 147, September 30, 1914 by Seaman, Owen, Sir

If you’re going to tell all your friends, you may as well give the show away at once.

From From Veldt Camp Fires by Bryden, H.A.

If you do, you'll give the show away.

From Leonore Stubbs by Walford, L. B.

I've done a good bit of secret service work myself, and felt in such a funk sometimes that I've realised the temptation to give the show away if I were nailed.

From The Spy in Black by Clouston, J. Storer (Joseph Storer)