to come to light
52
3.9
- phrasal verb
:
salir a la luz
- New evidence finally came to light, revealing the truth behind the mystery.
- evidence comes to light
- information comes to light
- problems come to light
It's slowly, slowly, slowly coming to light that this is, this is wrong.
- It's slowly, slowly, slowly coming to light that this is, this is wrong.
- And it's started coming to light in lawsuit after lawsuit after lawsuit.
- Language is where these are coming to light.
- There have been several prominent cases where that's come to light.
- It allows whatever version is being held and boxed in to come to light.
- And the accounts of what he'd done and how he'd done it, you know, came to light.
- You know, you start a group project with people and it comes to light pretty quickly that you don't see entirely eye to eye.
- They would not have come to light if I didn't go through this experience in the middle of writing this book.
- I think he is skimming off the RNC and I think all of that will come to light because there's some journalists that are already piercing together these shadowy LLC's.
- It then comes to light that the companies actually spent all the surpluses while creating Ious against the firm's own revenue.
- And so I'm, I'm, I'm telling the the secret right now, but for me, I won't quit if no new information has come to light.
- And I would love for politicians to come to light who oppose this.
- It's probably been around for at least three or four weeks before it it came to light.
Examples
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New information has come to light.
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Some new data has come to light.
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But long after the trial, some evidence comes to light and then the question is how to get it before a court.
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We'll update you as more information comes to light.
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U.S. concerns over human rights violations also came to light at this time.
Academic text (1999) -
We would have kept this information private, but additional facts concerning Miss Green have come to light.
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New events have come to light that change the nature of this allegation.
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More details came to light as the justices questioned the parties involved.
Academic text (2008) -
The unbelievable story has come to light after the Indianapolis star obtained hundreds of pages of official documents related to the case.
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As I have talked to other librarians and principals, something interesting has come to light.
Academic text (2015)
Synonyms
∞
2.3
Show something that was hidden or secret
830
2.9
To become known to people after being hidden
478
1.0
To make secret information known to other people
342
4.1
Reveal hidden facts or bad actions to people
249
3.5
To come out from behind or under something and become visible
243
3.5
Reveal secret facts to the public
239
3.2
Become clear over time
155
3.0
To find something while searching or by chance
109
4.1
To make something known for the first time
32
3.7
Tell secret or private information to other people
20
3.7
To show facts that were hidden before
18
6.0
Tell a secret by accident before others know
7
4.0
Make something visible by removing a cover
7
4.2
Appear from a place, often suddenly
2
5.5
To show something hidden so people can see it
2
7.0
A secret or problem becomes known later
1
6.5
To reveal something hidden or forgotten
1
6.5
To make a secret suddenly become known
1
6.3
To become available to someone, often information or documents
1
7.7
To make something hidden become visible by removing a cover or showing the truth
To become known after being hidden
To appear again after being hidden or gone
Antonyms
How Revealed
52
3.9
24
3.7
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'to be revealed' is partly derivable because 'come' (move into a state) plus 'light' used metaphorically (visibility/awareness) yields the idea of something moving into view or awareness. However, this relies on recognizing a metaphorical extension of 'light' rather than a purely literal reading, so a B1 learner who only knows the basic literal senses may not fully predict it without prior exposure, making it only partially transparent.
Etymology
Come to light comes from the simple image of something hidden in the dark that comes into light, so people can see it, and that's why it describes things that 'are revealed' or 'are discovered'.