come to light
To be discovered or become known to people, especially after being hidden or unclear.
readingwriting-task-2Science and researchGovernment and society
Использование в IELTS
Useful in reading comprehension when a fact or finding is revealed, and in writing Task 2 to introduce new information about a topic.
Примеры
- New evidence has come to light regarding the safety of certain food additives.
- During the investigation, several cases of corruption came to light.
Collocations
- come to light
- The extent of the data breach only came to light months later.
Paraphrases
- become known: Simpler variant for speaking tasks.
Распространенные ошибки
- come up to light to come to light. The fixed phrase uses 'to', not 'up to'.