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blow/take the lid off something
idiom informal(alsolift the lid on something)
to cause something bad that was previously kept secret to be known by the public: 揭露…的真相
In 1989 they started an investigation that was to blow the lid off corruption in the police force.1989年他们开始调查，意图揭露警察队伍中的腐败现象。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Revealing secrets & becoming known
anti-secrecy
backchannel
bare
bare your heart/soulidiom
blow someone's coveridiom
blow the whistle on someone/somethingidiom
declassify
hold
huddle
kiss
rat
rat on someone/something
reintroduce
revealingly
revelatory
state's evidence
surface
tip
transpire
unravel
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