Usually means: Excessively denying reveals hidden truth.
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  1. protest too much: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  2. protest too much: Wiktionary
  3. Protest Too Much: A to Z list of the most popular idioms

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  1. protest too much: Idioms

Definitions from Wiktionary (protest too much)

verb:  (idiomatic) To insist so passionately about something that people suspect the opposite of what one is saying.

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