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Abandoned monopoly perhaps and revealed its secrets (4,3,4,4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

gave the game away

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'revealed its secrets' is the definition.
I know nothing about this answer so I can't tell whether it can be defined by this definition.

'abandoned monopoly perhaps' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite see how this works, but
'perhaps' could be 'eg' (for example) and 'eg' is found in the answer.
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(Other definitions for gave the game away that I've seen before include "spilled beans?" , "Offered venison free of charge" , "what poacher handing out freebies did" , "Let on" .)

I've seen this clue in The Irish Times.
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