"blow the lid off" meaning in All languages combined

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "blows the lid off",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "blowing the lid off",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "blew the lid off",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "blown the lid off",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "blow<,,blew,blown> the lid off"
      },
      "expansion": "blow the lid off (third-person singular simple present blows the lid off, present participle blowing the lid off, simple past blew the lid off, past participle blown the lid off)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
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          "name": "Entries with translation boxes",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
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          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Spanish translations",
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        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1979 April 28, John Graczak, “The Sacred and the Profane”, in Gay Community News, page 16:",
          "text": "Her presence forces churchpeople to consider on what grounds gay relationships can be sanctioned within the community. This question blows the lid off of notions of the special sacredness of heterosexual monogamy.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To uncover (a secret or scandal)."
      ],
      "id": "en-blow_the_lid_off-en-verb-Z8v9ZUnC",
      "links": [
        [
          "uncover",
          "uncover"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(idiomatic) To uncover (a secret or scandal)."
      ],
      "related": [
        {
          "word": "lift the lid"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic"
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "Translations",
          "word": "tirar de la manta"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
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  ],
  "word": "blow the lid off"
}

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "blows the lid off",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "blowing the lid off",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "blew the lid off",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "blown the lid off",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "blow<,,blew,blown> the lid off"
      },
      "expansion": "blow the lid off (third-person singular simple present blows the lid off, present participle blowing the lid off, simple past blew the lid off, past participle blown the lid off)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "lift the lid"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English idioms",
        "English lemmas",
        "English multiword terms",
        "English terms with quotations",
        "English verbs",
        "Entries with translation boxes",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries",
        "Terms with Spanish translations",
        "Translation table header lacks gloss"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1979 April 28, John Graczak, “The Sacred and the Profane”, in Gay Community News, page 16:",
          "text": "Her presence forces churchpeople to consider on what grounds gay relationships can be sanctioned within the community. This question blows the lid off of notions of the special sacredness of heterosexual monogamy.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To uncover (a secret or scandal)."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "uncover",
          "uncover"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(idiomatic) To uncover (a secret or scandal)."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic"
      ]
    }
  ],
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  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "word": "tirar de la manta"
    }
  ],
  "word": "blow the lid off"
}