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Meaning: (idiomatic)To reveal that someone's behavior, situation, or identity has beenfabricatedordeliberatelymisrepresentedfor anulterior motive.2007February 15,Andrew Marshall, “The Escape Artist”, inTime, retrieved6 July 2015:Iskander's role as a G.A.M. operative was secret—until I unwittinglyblew his coverthat day.2014November 19, Katrin Bennhold, “A Tabloid ‘Fake Sheikh,’ Bane of Crooks and Royalty, Finds He’s Now the Story”, inNew York Times, retrieved6 July 2015:Others have tried toblow his cover: George Galloway, a left-wing British politician and supporter of the Palestinian cause, published Mr. Mahmood’s photo on his website in 2006 and accused Mr. Mahmood of disguising himself as an Arab businessman and trying to entice him to make anti-Semitic comments over lunch.2015August 24, Payton Guion, “Rachel Dolezal steps down as local NAACP president amid race controversy”, inIndependent, UK, retrieved6 July 2015:[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 toblow her cover," Ezra Dolezal, one of her African American adopted siblings, told KREM-TV.; (reflexive,idiomatic)To reveal that one has fabricated or deliberately misrepresented one'sownbehavior, situation, or identity for an ulterior motive.1984August 24,Lawrence Van Gelder, “The Jigsaw Man (1984): Review Summary”, inNew York Times, retrieved6 July 2015:This spy film purports to be inspired by the true story of Kim Philby (1912-1988), a British intelligence officer and Soviet spy during the 1940s and '50s who gained international notoriety when heblew his coverand defected to the USSR in 1963.
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