dead giveaway
A giveaway that is especially obvious, especially ruinous, or both, disclosing, usually unintentionally, a fact or an intention.
That disguise is a dead giveaway! Choose something less obvious.
giveaway
noun 4adj 2
Collocations
5ADJ.
dead, free, most, notable, reliable, sure, used
VERB + GIVEAWAY
book, loves, sold
GIVEAWAY + NOUN
company, contest, everyone, nerd
PREP.
after, from, in, with
ADV.
frequently
Definitions
noun
1
Something that is given away or handed out for free.
The T-shirt was a giveaway from the company that sells the software.
Then there's ole' reliable: the giveaway. Everyone loves a giveaway (with the notable exceptions of key chains and nail clippers which have been rendered nearly meaningless by repetition).
2
An event at which things are given away for free.
In this giveaway a person who has had something special happen to him gives gifts to others around him, so that they can share in his feelings.
His counterpart Tom Wiles also speaks directly for the honored persons in giveaways; in Shannon's outgoing princess giveaway, he addresses a woman named Rose as Shannon gives her a dance shawl: "Shannon says/ now you can kick up your heels" (Wiles 1999)
3
The act of giving something away for free.
Frankly, I think extension of this policy to the nation through the Eisenhower administration policy of 'partnership' with private power monopoly would be the most colossal giveaway in history — 20 or 30 times as big as Teapot Dome or Tideland Oil.
Late May is the target date for giveaway of the new NPP FloraCopter game by retail Aorists to increase their “in-store traffic" and sales.
4
An indicator that makes something obvious or apparent.
Near-synonyms: clue, sign, tell
The frosting in his beard was a giveaway that he had been munching the cake.
adj
1
free of charge, at no cost.
2
very low.
There was also the influx of a third of a million road lorries, sold at giveaway prices after their war roles ceased and used by competing one-man businesses to skim off sundry agricultural freight.
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The T-shirt was a giveaway from the company that sells the software.
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Then there's ole' reliable: the giveaway. Everyone loves a giveaway (with the notable exceptions of key chains and nail clippers which have been rendered nearly meaningless by repetition).
Wiktionary03
Perhaps the most frequently used giveaway is "free rent," an abatement of rent for a specific period of tenancy.
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There was also the influx of a third of a million road lorries, sold at giveaway prices after their war roles ceased and used by competing one-man businesses to skim off sundry agricultural freight.
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I bought it at a giveaway price.
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You can't seriously expect that they won't recognize you in that disguise. That lopsided, dime store moustache is a dead giveaway!
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