dead giveaway
Example Sentences
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The color of the notes is usually a dead giveaway.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 3, 2026
If there was about one part of lead to chromium, it was a dead giveaway that the adulterant was being used.
From Salon • Aug. 2, 2023
When happiness is a dead giveaway that someone either doesn’t know, or doesn’t care, how very bad things are?
From Washington Post • Mar. 31, 2023
It is very easy to create a fake webpage that looks exactly like the Chase sign-in page, but the underlying URL is usually a dead giveaway.
From Seattle Times • Feb. 21, 2023
The uniform I was wearing under them was a dead giveaway to what I was, but the scrubs were too baggy to run in.
From "The Darkest Minds" by Alexandra Bracken
