Meanings (ES + gloss)
enseñar la pata • revelar sus cartas • vérsele el plumero
To inadvertently reveal any secret, particularly a secret that puts one at an advantage or disadvantage.
In Montreal, a 23-year-old pyromaniac tipped his hand by rushing into the fire station a few minutes before the gong rang, shouting: "Where's the fire?"
In a nearly 13-minute address, he did not tip his hand about what he might do next.
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