"come to light" meaning in English

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Verb

Audio: en-au-come to light.ogg [Australia] Forms: comes to light [present, singular, third-person], coming to light [participle, present], came to light [past], come to light [participle, past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|come<,,came, come> to light}} come to light (third-person singular simple present comes to light, present participle coming to light, simple past came to light, past participle come to light)
  1. (idiomatic) To become known; to be revealed. Tags: idiomatic Synonyms: crop out, out#Verb Translations (become known): 暴露 (bàolù) (Chinese Mandarin), 顯露 (Chinese Mandarin), 显露 (xiǎnlù) (Chinese Mandarin), 東窗事發 (Chinese Mandarin), 东窗事发 (dōngchuāngshìfā) (note: of a plot, crime) [usually] (Chinese Mandarin), projevit se (Czech), blive afsløret (note: of a plot, crime) [usually] (Danish), komme til syne (Danish), komme for en dag (Danish), tulla päivänvaloon (Finnish), se montrer (French), être révélé (French), sortir du bois (French), ans Licht kommen (German), napvilágra kerül (Hungarian), kiderül (Hungarian), kitudódik (Hungarian), napvilágot lát (Hungarian), koma í ljós (Icelandic), fremkomme (Norwegian), wyjść na jaw [perfective] (Polish), проявля́ться (projavljátʹsja) [imperfective] (Russian), прояви́ться (projavítʹsja) [perfective] (Russian), vyjsť najavo [perfective] (Slovak), salir a la luz (Spanish), saltar a la palestra (Spanish), komma i dagen (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-come_to_light-en-verb-Ua5Od9qa Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Mandarin terms with redundant transliterations

Inflected forms

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          "sense": "become known",
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          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "become known",
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          "sense": "become known",
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      "sense": "become known",
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      "sense": "become known",
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      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "become known",
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      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "become known",
      "word": "sortir du bois"
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      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "become known",
      "word": "ans Licht kommen"
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      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "become known",
      "word": "napvilágra kerül"
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      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "become known",
      "word": "kiderül"
    },
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      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "become known",
      "word": "kitudódik"
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      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "become known",
      "word": "napvilágot lát"
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      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "become known",
      "word": "koma í ljós"
    },
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      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "sense": "become known",
      "word": "fremkomme"
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      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "become known",
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      "word": "wyjść na jaw"
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      "lang": "Russian",
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      "sense": "become known",
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      "word": "проявля́ться"
    },
    {
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      "lang": "Russian",
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      "sense": "become known",
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      "word": "прояви́ться"
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      "sense": "become known",
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      "word": "vyjsť najavo"
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      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "become known",
      "word": "salir a la luz"
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      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "become known",
      "word": "saltar a la palestra"
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      "sense": "become known",
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