OXFORD 9000
📚 noun • entry_id 49148

dead giveaway

Meanings (ES + gloss)
claro indicativo • indicativo inequívoco
A giveaway that is especially obvious, especially ruinous, or both, disclosing, usually unintentionally, a fact or an intention.
"Instead of slowing down his arm when he throws it — a dead giveaway to hitters — Igawa had better arm action, Eiland said"
That disguise is a dead giveaway! Choose something less obvious.
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