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Dead Giveaway

Meaning: it is obvious what the answer is now that you have been told something.
How to use in a sentence: The boy asked his mom if his mom or his dad would be driving him to school.  His mom said, "I can't drive you today."  The son said, "Well I guess that was a dead giveawy, dad must be driving today." 

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