- tip one's hand
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also tip one's mitt
phrasal
to declare one's intentions or reveal one's opinions or resources <the Justice Department wouldn't tip its hand by saying what its next move…would be — Newsweek>
New Collegiate Dictionary. 2001.
tip one's hand
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tip one's hand — ► tip one s hand N. Amer. informal reveal one s intentions inadvertently. Main Entry: ↑tip … English terms dictionary
tip one's hand — idi cvb tip one s hand, to reveal one s plans or feelings, often unintentionally … From formal English to slang
tip one's hand N. Amer. — tip one s hand N. Amer. informal reveal one s intentions inadvertently. → tip something in … English new terms dictionary
tip one's hand — phrasal : to show one s hand the Justice department wouldn t tip its hand by saying what its next move … would be Newsweek * * * informal reveal one s intentions inadvertently … Useful english dictionary
tip one’s hand — tv. 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 … Dictionary of American slang and colloquial expressions
tip one's hand — verb a) In card playing, to accidentally reveal ones cards or hand. In Montreal, a 23 year old pyromaniac tipped his hand by rushing into the fire station a few minutes before the gong rang, shouting: Wheres the fire? b) To inadvertently reveal… … Wiktionary
tip one's mitt — phrasal see tip one s hand … New Collegiate Dictionary
tip — Ⅰ. tip [1] ► NOUN 1) the pointed or rounded extremity of something slender or tapering. 2) a small part fitted to the end of an object. ► VERB (tipped, tipping) ▪ attach to or cover the tip of. ● … English terms dictionary
tip — tip1 [tip] n. [ME tippe, akin to MLowG tip, point, top, Ger zipf in zipfel, an end, tip, prob. < IE base * dumb , tail > Avestan duma , tail] 1. the pointed, tapering, or rounded end or top of something long and slim 2. something attached… … English World dictionary
To turn one's hand to — Turn Turn (t[^u]rn), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Turned}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Turning}.] [OE. turnen, tournen, OF. tourner, torner, turner, F. tourner, LL. tornare, fr. L. tornare to turn in a lathe, to rounds off, fr. tornus a lathe, Gr. ? a turner s… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
