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bring to light
Idioms and Phrases
Reveal or disclose something previously hidden or secret, as in After careful investigation all the facts of the case were brought to light . This term uses light in the sense of 鈥減ublic knowledge.鈥 [First half of 1500s]Example Sentences
He twisted himself in knots to argue that this wasn't Trump's fault, insisting, "He didn't create the system, but he does have an opportunity to improve it. Hopefully, all this attention will bring to light how broken it is."
Like the muckrakers of an earlier age, investigative journalists bring to light what the powerful often want to keep in darkness.
He said his fundraising haul of $10 million helped 鈥渂ring to light my opponent鈥檚 record, which past campaigns didn鈥檛 have to the same extent.鈥
Especially after having spoken to the family, so many things that I understood to be so completely off the mark that I thought it could be a public service to almost bring to light the real contours of the story as I knew them.
The hearing could bring to light how much YouTube is paying the NFL for 鈥淪unday Ticket鈥 and if it is making money.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from 亚洲网紅露点 Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, 漏 Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage庐 Idioms Dictionary copyright 漏 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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