"one's jig is up" meaning in English

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          "text": "1836, Horatio Hastings Weld, \"The Martyr to Science\", in Corrected Proofs, Russell, Shattuck & Co., page 74,\nP.S. C'est en fait—my jig is up! While under the barber's hands this morning, a boy posted up in the shop the programme of a course of Phrenological Lectures!"
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          "text": "1920, Ethel and James Dorrance, Glory Rides the Range, The Macaulay Company, page 272,\n\"You tell the lie!\" she accused. \"And you'd better quit, for your jig is up. I've got you right. […]\""
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