give the game away

idiom

: to make a secret plan or activity known

Examples of give the game away in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Not only does the wilderness seem a bit too hot-and-cold to allow one girl to be queen for long—Lottie was the first one to take on the role, after all—but Yellowjackets also doesn't feel like the type of show to give the game away so easily. —Megan McCluskey, TIME, 13 Feb. 2025

Related Stories At this moment, D’Onofrio can’t give the game away, especially with Daredevil: Born Again still en route. —Brian Davids, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 Sep. 2019

The Cardinals tied a bad Lions team who tried to give the game away. —Jeremy Cluff, The Arizona Republic, 2 Dec. 2020

The interior should give the game away. —Jonathan M. Gitlin, Ars Technica, 14 Nov. 2022

Both the trailer and the subtitle of the third installment, Quantumania, pretty much give the game away: Small has gone psychedelic, a flamboyant alloy of analog Old Hollywood (Bill Murray, Michelle Pfeiffer, Michael Douglas), Marvel IP, and clamoring cosmic razzle dazzle. —Leah Greenblatt, EW.com, 17 Feb. 2023

Edwards’ goal seemed to be to try to stay close and hope the home team would eventually give the game away. —Kent Somers, The Arizona Republic, 11 Sep. 2022

And if the tires didn't give the game away, the disc-like wheels themselves provide the punchline. —Jonathan M. Gitlin, Ars Technica, 24 July 2022

Would a child accidentally give the game away? —Deborah Cadbury, Smithsonian Magazine, 12 July 2022

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