give the game away in English

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          "text": "You don't want to mention the money involved; that would give the game away.",
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        "To mistakenly reveal a secret."
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        "(idiomatic) To mistakenly reveal a secret."
      ],
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          "word": "give away"
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      "translations": [
        {
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "to mistakenly reveal a secret",
          "word": "scoprire il gioco"
        },
        {
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "to mistakenly reveal a secret",
          "word": "spiattellare"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "give the game away"
}

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  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
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    {
      "word": "give away"
    }
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      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "You don't want to mention the money involved; that would give the game away.",
          "type": "example"
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      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To mistakenly reveal a secret."
      ],
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          "mistakenly"
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          "reveal",
          "reveal"
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      "raw_glosses": [
        "(idiomatic) To mistakenly reveal a secret."
      ],
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        "idiomatic"
      ]
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  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to mistakenly reveal a secret",
      "word": "scoprire il gioco"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to mistakenly reveal a secret",
      "word": "spiattellare"
    }
  ],
  "word": "give the game away"
}

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"give the game away" meaning in English

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