tip one's hand
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[edit]tip one's hand (third-person singular simple present tips one's hand, present participle tipping one's hand, simple past and past participle tipped one's hand)
- (card games) In card playing, to accidentally reveal one's cards or hand.
- (figurative) To inadvertently reveal any secret, particularly a secret that puts one at an advantage or disadvantage.
- 1952 March 10, “Cause for Alarm”, in Time[1], archived from the original on 2010-11-25:
- 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?"
Translations
[edit]to inadvertently reveal a secret
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