Definition
To reveal one's real beliefs, sentiments, or character, especially through one's behavior.
In Context
- "Fidel Castro showed his true stripes again—as if they weren't indelible enough already—by letting his MiGs shoot down two of three unarmed Cuban-exile planes off Havana's coast on Saturday."
- "“Now they're showing their true stripes,” Iimmy Fioretos said. “The Turks wanted to invade all along. That malarkey about ‘protecting the Constitution’ was just a pretext.”"
- ""My fear is that Bill Ford is showing his true stripes as just another short-sighted auto executive with no interest in the environment.""