blow someone's cover

verb

Definitions

  1. To reveal that someone's behavior, situation, or identity has been fabricated or…

    To reveal that someone's behavior, situation, or identity has been fabricated or deliberately misrepresented for an ulterior motive.

    • Iskander's role as a G.A.M. operative was secret—until I unwittingly blew his cover that day.
    • [O]ne of her adopted brothers said that she had asked him not to reveal that she is white. "She took me aside and just told me not to blow her cover," Ezra Dolezal, one of her African American adopted siblings, told KREM-TV.
  2. To reveal that one has fabricated or deliberately misrepresented one's own behavior,…

    To reveal that one has fabricated or deliberately misrepresented one's own behavior, situation, or identity for an ulterior motive.

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