come to light

English

Pronunciation

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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, vyjít najevo 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, sich herausstellen 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, prejaviť sa Spanish: salir a la luz, saltar a la palestra Swedish: komma i dagen (sv) Ukrainian: please add this translation if you can