"showed one's true colors" meaning in English

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Verb

Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} showed one's true colors
  1. past participle of show one's true colors Tags: form-of, participle, past Form of: show one's true colors
    Sense id: en-showed_one's_true_colors-en-verb-TwI4Az8U Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 50 50
  2. simple past of show one's true colors Tags: form-of, past Form of: show one's true colors
    Sense id: en-showed_one's_true_colors-en-verb-jRiC6RAv Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 50 50

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