Definition of blow (one's) cover

blow (one's) cover

verb

• to reveal a person's lie(s).

                                                 
  
                                                                                                                                                              
  
  Citation from "Chapter 11", Eastbound & Down (TV), Season 2 Episode 5 (2010) censored in hope of resolving Google's penalty against this site.

  Last edited on Jan 12 2012. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Jan 12 2012.

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Other terms relating to 'blow':
all blowed out	Definitions include: the feeling when you defecate huge and your anus is stretched.
blow	Definitions include: to be of poor quality, displeasing.
blow a fuse	Definitions include: to lose one's temper.
blow a gasket	Definitions include: to be extremely angry.
blow *ss	Definitions include: to flatulate; "fart.
blow away	Definitions include: to kill, usually with a firearm.
blow chunks	Definitions include: to vomit.
blow doors	Definitions include: to be at the peak (blowing up) of one's "roll" on ecstasy (MDMA).
blower	Definitions include: a person or object that erred.
blow groceries	Definitions include: to vomit.
blow hot and cold	Definitions include: to vacillate in opinion
blow it	Definitions include: to completely fail a task.
blow-job	Definitions include: Alternate spelling of blowjob.
blow me	Definitions include: an angry retort; "bite me".
blow mud	Definitions include: to defecate, usually diarrhea.
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Other terms relating to 'cover':
cover	Definitions include: admission paid to get into a bar, dance club, etc.
cover band	Definitions include: a band or singer that mostly plays ("covers") other artists' songs.
cover charge	Definitions include: admission paid to get into a bar, dance club, etc.
cover (one's) *ss	Definitions include: to do something in order to have plausible deniability in case something goes wrong.
CYA	Definitions include: acronym for "cover your ass."

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