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the jig is up
idiom
mainly USinformal
used for saying that it has been discovered that someone has been doing something wrong or hiding something, and they cannot continue doing it:
Yes, the Fed managed to paper over the banks' problems for a while. But now, the jig is up.
The jig is up and the truth is out there for anyone who cares to listen to the facts.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Finished & over
all done
all over
bar
be (all) over bar the shoutingidiom
be done and dustedidiom
close
down
dust
endpoint
finished
finito
in the canidiom
out
over
see the last of something/someoneidiom
sunset
through
to the dregs
to the lastidiom
wrap
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