Idiom
come to light
Meaning
To become known; to be revealed.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“New evidence has come to light about the accident.”
“After the audit, several financial errors came to light that surprised the entire board of directors.”
“Only after the historian examined the private letters did the truth about the scandal finally come to light, changing our understanding of the era.”
Examples
simple
“New evidence has come to light about the accident.”
contextual
“After the audit, several financial errors came to light that surprised the entire board of directors.”
complex
“Only after the historian examined the private letters did the truth about the scandal finally come to light, changing our understanding of the era.”
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