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blow one's cover
blow one's cover
Inadvertently give away one's secret identity, as in Mary came to the annual meeting pretending to be a shareholder and hoped no one would blow her cover . This expression uses blow in the sense of "expose or betray," a usage dating from Shakespeare's day.
Common Names:
Name | Gender | Pronounced | Usage |
Rashaun | | rə-SHAWN, ray-SHAWN | African American (Rare) |
Rossella | | ros-SEL-lah | Italian |
Valeriu | | - | Romanian |
Byrne | | BURN | English (Rare) |
Jun | | joon (Korean) | Chinese, Korean |
Bagus | | - | Indonesian |