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Abrir o jogo

Portuguese

Meaning

To come clean / To open up

Example

Finalmente, ele abriu o jogo sobre o que realmente aconteceu naquela noite.

Finally, he opened up about what really happened that night.

Origin

The literal sense comes from poker: to 'open the game' means to reveal your hand, showing the cards you've been holding. Brazilian Portuguese took it out of the card table in the 20th century to mean 'speak openly' or 'confess.'