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tip one's hand en · VERB

Pronunciation

Meanings

  1. In card playing, to accidentally reveal one's cards or hand.
  2. (figuratively) To inadvertently reveal any secret, particularly a secret that puts one at an advantage or disadvantage.
    • The questioning during the two-hour argument was mostly technical, and several conservative justices did not tip their hands. 2022 February 28, Adam Liptak, “Supreme Court Considers Limiting E.P.A.’s Ability to Address Climate Change”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:
    • In Montreal, a 23-year-old pyromaniac tipped his hand by rushing into the fire station a few minutes before the gong rang, shouting: "Where's the fire?" 1952 March 10, “Cause for Alarm”, in Time, archived from the original on 25 Nov 2010:
    • In a nearly 13-minute address, he did not tip his hand about what he might do next. 2004 March 4, Randal C. Archibold, “As Edwards's Race Ends, Talk of No. 2 Spot on Ticket”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
tipping one's hand Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
tipped one's hand Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
tipped one's hand Tense=Past lexicographic
tips one's hand Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic

Relateds

show one's cards

Translations (10)

es enseñar la pata (to inadvertently reveal a secret) · ru вы́дать намерения (to inadvertently reveal a secret) · pl wyjawiać (to inadvertently reveal a secret) · sv försäga (to inadvertently reveal a secret) · es vérsele el plumero (to inadvertently reveal a secret) · ru раскры́ть карты (to inadvertently reveal a secret) · fi näyttää korttinsa (to accidentally reveal one's hand) · fi lipsauttaa (to inadvertently reveal a secret) · pl wyjawić (to inadvertently reveal a secret) · de sich verraten (to inadvertently reveal a secret)