"show one's true colours" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

Forms: shows one's true colours [present, singular, third-person], showing one's true colours [participle, present], showed one's true colours [past], shown one's true colours [participle, past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|show<,,,shown> one's true colours}} show one's true colours (third-person singular simple present shows one's true colours, present participle showing one's true colours, simple past showed one's true colours, past participle shown one's true colours)
  1. Alternative spelling of show one's true colors Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: show one's true colors
    Sense id: en-show_one's_true_colours-en-verb-gzRRgH1V Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries
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