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blow cover

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blow someone's cover
Sl. to reveal someone's true identity; to ruin someone's scheme for concealment. The dog recognized me and blew my cover. I didn't mean to blow your cover by calling out to you.
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blow somebody's cover
to let people know secret information about who someone is or what someone is doing Someone recognised him and phoned the newspapers, which blew his cover.
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blow somebody's cover
to make secret information about someone known Herman had been a spy for 20 years before someone blew his cover.
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