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one's jig is up

phrase

Definitions

  1. Alternative form of the jig is up [for one].

    • 1920, Ethel and James Dorrance, Glory Rides the Range, The Macaulay Company, page 272, "You tell the lie!" she accused. "And you'd better quit, for your jig is up. I've got you right. […]"

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