вывести на свет божий

• ВЫВОДИТЬ/ВЫВЕСТИ НА СВЕТ БОЖИЙ кого-что{{}}

[VP; subj: usu. human; the verb may take the final position, otherwise fixed WO]

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⇒ (in refer, to some wrongdoing, plotting, illegal operation etc or the person or people involved in it) to make sth. public, expose s.o. or sth.:

- X вывел Y-а на свет божий{{}}≈ X blew the whistle on Y;

- X unmasked Y;

- X brought thing Y out into the open;

- X took the wraps off thing Y;

- X blew the lid off thing Y.