unmaskverb [ T ]
uk/ʌnˈmɑːsk/us/ʌnˈmæsk/to show the bad, and previously hidden, truth about someone or something:
At the end of the play the villain is unmasked.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Revealing secrets & becoming known
- (the) word is/gets out idiom
- bare
- be the talk of the town idiom
- break cover idiom
- cat
- come out
- dob sb in
- fink
- get around (somewhere)
- give sth away
- King's evidence
- leak
- let the cat out of the bag idiom
- open your heart to someone idiom
- sneak
- spill the beans idiom
- take the wraps off sth idiom
- tell on sb
- tongues wagging idiom
- turn
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