"lift the lid" meaning in English

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "lifts the lid",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lifting the lid",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lifted the lid",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lifted the lid",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "*"
      },
      "expansion": "lift the lid (third-person singular simple present lifts the lid, present participle lifting the lid, simple past and past participle lifted the lid)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "British English",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1990 November 12, Celestine Bohlen, “Ethnic Rivalries Revive in East Europe”, in The New York Times, section A, page 1",
          "text": "In the 10 months since the Romanian revolution lifted the lid off Transylvania's ancient national rivalries, the Romanians and Hungarians who have shared this land for centuries have been living in a state of tense alert, ready for the next spark to fly.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2014 June 6, Min Zin, “The People vs. The Monks”, in The New York Times",
          "text": "One of the darkest aspects of Myanmar’s political transition is a surge in religious intolerance, especially toward Muslims. Liberalization has lifted the lid on many pent-up grievances, and old-timers in the government and the monkhood are stoking these sentiments.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "(chiefly UK, informal, figuratively) To reveal or expose something, especially information."
      ],
      "id": "en-lift_the_lid-en-verb-VldhryLd",
      "links": [
        [
          "on",
          "on#English"
        ],
        [
          "off",
          "off#English"
        ],
        [
          "reveal",
          "reveal"
        ],
        [
          "expose",
          "expose"
        ],
        [
          "information",
          "information"
        ]
      ],
      "qualifier": "transitive with on or off",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive with on or off) (chiefly UK, informal, figuratively) To reveal or expose something, especially information."
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "take the lid off"
        },
        {
          "word": "blow the lid off"
        },
        {
          "word": "lift the veal on"
        },
        {
          "word": "lift the curtain on"
        },
        {
          "word": "lift the lid on"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "lift the lid"
}

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "lifts the lid",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lifting the lid",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lifted the lid",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lifted the lid",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "*"
      },
      "expansion": "lift the lid (third-person singular simple present lifts the lid, present participle lifting the lid, simple past and past participle lifted the lid)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "British English",
        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English informal terms",
        "English lemmas",
        "English multiword terms",
        "English terms with quotations",
        "English verbs"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1990 November 12, Celestine Bohlen, “Ethnic Rivalries Revive in East Europe”, in The New York Times, section A, page 1",
          "text": "In the 10 months since the Romanian revolution lifted the lid off Transylvania's ancient national rivalries, the Romanians and Hungarians who have shared this land for centuries have been living in a state of tense alert, ready for the next spark to fly.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2014 June 6, Min Zin, “The People vs. The Monks”, in The New York Times",
          "text": "One of the darkest aspects of Myanmar’s political transition is a surge in religious intolerance, especially toward Muslims. Liberalization has lifted the lid on many pent-up grievances, and old-timers in the government and the monkhood are stoking these sentiments.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "(chiefly UK, informal, figuratively) To reveal or expose something, especially information."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "on",
          "on#English"
        ],
        [
          "off",
          "off#English"
        ],
        [
          "reveal",
          "reveal"
        ],
        [
          "expose",
          "expose"
        ],
        [
          "information",
          "information"
        ]
      ],
      "qualifier": "transitive with on or off",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive with on or off) (chiefly UK, informal, figuratively) To reveal or expose something, especially information."
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "take the lid off"
        },
        {
          "word": "blow the lid off"
        },
        {
          "word": "lift the veal on"
        },
        {
          "word": "lift the curtain on"
        },
        {
          "word": "lift the lid on"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "lift the lid"
}