tip hand
Related to tip hand: on the one hand
tip (one's) hand
To reveal one's intentions, plans, secrets, or resources. An allusion to letting someone else see the cards one is currently holding (one's "hand"). The foreign leader has definitely tipped his hand when it comes to his country's position in the negotiations. Remember not to tip your hand when you go into the meeting.
See also: hand, tip
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
tip one's hand
to reveal what one is going to do; to reveal one's secrets. (From card playing.) I didn't tip my hand at all. I left them guessing. They tried to get me to tip my hand.
See also: hand, tip
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.
tip (one's) hand
To reveal one's resources or intentions.
See also: hand, tip
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition.
- beat (one) to the draw
- Earth to (someone)
- earth to someone
- baton
- hand on the baton
- give (one) (one's) marching orders
- give somebody their marching orders
- give someone their marching orders
- game is not worth the candle, the
- get in/into one's hair, to