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21take the lid off something — lift the ˈlid on sth | take/blow the ˈlid off sth idiom to tell people unpleasant or shocking facts about sth • Her article lifts the lid on child prostitution. Main entry: ↑lididiom …
22take the lid off something — lift the lid on something or take the lid off something to tell someone about something bad or something that was a secret …
23blow the lid off — {v. phr.}, {informal} Suddenly to reveal the truth about a matter that has been kept as a secret either by private persons or by some governmental agency. * /The clever journalists blew the lid off the Watergate cover up./ …
24blow the lid off — {v. phr.}, {informal} Suddenly to reveal the truth about a matter that has been kept as a secret either by private persons or by some governmental agency. * /The clever journalists blew the lid off the Watergate cover up./ …
25blow\ the\ lid\ off — v. phr. informal Suddenly to reveal the truth about a matter that has been kept as a secret either by private persons or by some governmental agency. The clever journalists blew the lid off the Watergate cover up …
26blow the lid off — informal intelligence officials have blown the lid off the so called crusade against corruption Syn: expose, reveal, make known, make public, bring into the open, disclose, divulge; informal spill the beans, blab …
27blow the lid off — reveal a story, tell some news, break a story When the defendant confessed, it blew the lid off the murder trial …
28blow the lid off something — informal to let people know something that has been kept a secret Her testimony may blow the lid off the CIA s activities in Latin America …
29blow the lid — phrasal : to expose something to view usually used with off this book blew the lid off the secret corruption and gangsterism in these unions …
30lift the lid on something — or take the lid off something to tell someone about something bad or something that was a secret …
