come to light

English

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Verb

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.

   Synonyms: crop out, out

   Coordinate term: crop up

Translations

become known

• Arabic: please add this translation if you can
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 暴露 (zh) (bàolù), 顯露／显露 (zh) (xiǎnlù), 東窗事發／东窗事发 (zh) (dōngchuāngshìfā) (of a plot, crime, etc.)

• Czech: projevit se
• Danish: blive afsløret (of a plot, crime, etc.), komme til syne, komme for en dag (da)
• Finnish: tulla päivänvaloon
• French: se montrer (fr), être révélé, sortir du bois (fr)
• German: ans Licht kommen
• Hindi: please add this translation if you can
• Hungarian: napvilágra kerül, kiderül (hu), kitudódik (hu), napvilágot lát
• Icelandic: koma í ljós (is)
• Japanese: please add this translation if you can
• Norwegian: fremkomme
• Persian: please add this translation if you can
• Polish: wyjść na jaw (pl) pf
• Russian: проявля́ться (ru) impf (projavljátʹsja), прояви́ться (ru) pf (projavítʹsja)
• Slovak: vyjsť najavo pf
• Spanish: salir a la luz, saltar a la palestra
• Swedish: komma i dagen (sv)
• Ukrainian: please add this translation if you can