Idiom
blow the lid off
Meaning
To uncover (a secret or scandal).
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“The reporter wants to blow the lid off the company scandal.”
“After months of investigating the city's budget, the journalist finally blew the lid off the corruption scheme.”
“The whistleblower decided to blow the lid off the illegal activities, knowing that the revelation would permanently alter the course of the organization.”
Examples
simple
“The reporter wants to blow the lid off the company scandal.”
contextual
“After months of investigating the city's budget, the journalist finally blew the lid off the corruption scheme.”
complex
“The whistleblower decided to blow the lid off the illegal activities, knowing that the revelation would permanently alter the course of the organization.”
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