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

"Well the only thing about my prisoners that is likely to give the show away is if I turn up at the prison," smiled Vane.

From Mufti by McNeile, H. C. (Herman Cyril)

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)

We don't want to give the show away any more than you do.

From Leonore Stubbs by Walford, L. B.

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