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lifts the lid

lifts the lid is the third-person singular simple present indicative of lift the lid.

Meaning of lift the lid

Verb

lift the lid (third-person singular simple present lifts the lid, present participle lifting the lid, simple past and past participle lifted the lid)

  1. (intransitive) (chiefly UK, informal, figuratively) To reveal or expose something, especially information.
    • In the 10 months since the Romanian revolution lifted the lid off Transylvania's ancient national rivalries, the Romanians and Hungarians who have shared this land for centuries have been living in a state of tense alert, ready for the next spark to fly.1990 November 12, Celestine Bohlen, “Ethnic Rivalries Revive in East Europe”, in The New York Times, section A, page 1
    Synonyms:
    take the lid off, blow the lid off, lift the veil on, lift the curtain on, lift the lid on

Questions about lifts the lid

What is lifts the lid the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Lifts the lid is the third-person singular simple present indicative of lift the lid.

Words near lifts the lid in the dictionary

  1. lifts oneself up by one's own boot-tags
  2. lifts oneself up by one's own bootstraps
  3. lifts oneself up by one's own waistbands
  4. lifts someone's spirits
  5. lifts the bar
  6. lifts the lid
  7. lifts up
  8. liftshaft
  9. liftshafts
  10. liftup
  11. liftups

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