give the show away

To reveal a plan or information that is supposed to be secret.

You have read further in the book than I have, but please don't tell me where the treasure was buried; otherwise you'd be giving the show away.

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[show cause] {v. phr.} To give a reason or explanation. * /The judge asked the defendants to show cause why they should not be held without bail./ A Dictionary of American Idioms

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[show] See: [GET THE SHOW ON THE ROAD], [GO TO SHOW] or [GO TO PROVE], [ROAD SHOW], [STEAL THE SHOW], [TALENT SHOW], [VARIETY SHOW], [WHOLE CHEESE] or [WHOLE SHOW]. A Dictionary of American Idioms

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[show one's hand] {v. phr.} To reveal or exhibit one's true and hitherto hidden purpose. * /Only after becoming Chancellor of Germany did Adolf Hitler really show his hand and […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

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[give oneself away] {v. phr.} To show guilt; show you have done wrong. * /The thief gave himself away by spending so much money./ * /Carl played a joke on […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

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