(Australia, New Zealand, US, idiomatic) Used to express that a deception, trick, or dishonest scheme has been discovered, signaling the end of the ruse.
We knew then the jig was up, and it was no grin matter for us.
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Regional slang from around the English-speaking world — British, Australian, Irish, Caribbean, Nigerian, Filipino, AAVE, and the hyphenated-English dialects that make the internet sound local.
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