blow someone's cover

blow (one's) cover

To expose one's true identity or motives after they had been intentionally concealed (i.e. after one had been "undercover"). The spy fled when he realized that someone had blown his cover. I totally blew my cover when I stupidly wore my school jacket to steal the other team's mascot.

blow someone's cover

INFORMAL

If you blow someone's cover you tell other people who they are or what they are doing, when they are trying to keep it secret. Asking those kind of questions could blow my cover. The young man looked embarrassed, as if he were a spy whose cover had been blown.

blow someone's cover

discover or expose someone's real identity.

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释义	blow someone's cover blow (one's) cover To expose one's true identity or motives after they had been intentionally concealed (i.e. after one had been "undercover"). The spy fled when he realized that someone had blown his cover. I totally blew my cover when I stupidly wore my school jacket to steal the other team's mascot. See also: blow, cover Farlex Dictionary of Idioms. blow someone's cover INFORMAL If you blow someone's cover you tell other people who they are or what they are doing, when they are trying to keep it secret. Asking those kind of questions could blow my cover. The young man looked embarrassed, as if he were a spy whose cover had been blown. See also: blow, cover Collins COBUILD Idioms Dictionary, 3rd ed. blow someone's cover discover or expose someone's real identity. See also: blow, cover Farlex Partner Idioms Dictionary See also: blow (one's) cover blow cover blow one's cover blow somebody's cover blow someone’s cover snipe at snipe at (someone or something) throw a game certain party a dead weight References in periodicals archive It is not polite to blow someone's cover, especially when that someone is a lady, nay, a veritable grande dame. Unrugged Individualism: The Selfish Basis of Benevolence
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