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come to light
Idioms and Phrases
Be clearly revealed or exposed, as in New facts about evolution have come to light with the latest fossil discoveries in Africa . Miles Coverdale had this idiom in his translation of the Bible (Ezekiel 16:57): “And before thy wickednesse came to light.” [First half of 1500s]Example Sentences
But Wallace says he was never aware he had offended her until it came to light last year, saying: "I thought we got on."
And, separately, East Hunsbury Parish Council has warned Reform candidate Ron Firman after old tweets with racist and sexist slurs came to light.
Chris's allergy first came to light as a baby, when he developed a rash as his mum made peanut butter sandwiches.
Wisława Szymborska, the Polish poet, won the 1996 Nobel Prize in literature “for poetry that with ironic precision allows the historical and biological context to come to light in fragments of human reality.”
Until a full recording came to light in 2024, it was thought the concert had not been captured on film, making it the subject of much mystique for those who weren't there.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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