shine light on

present singular third person shines light on · participle present shining light on · participle past shined light on · past shined light on · participle past shone light on · past shone light on

1. figurativelySynonym of shine a light on.

   Blue Monday may have been and gone for this year, and even though it was created by a travel agency it does shine light on mental illness, something that we all know is common but aren’t too willing to accept the fact either.

   2016 February 10, confessionsofabooklover, “Mind Your Head by Juno Dawson – review”, in The Guardian, archived from the original on 07 May 2024

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   Saks, recipient of a MacArthur Fellowship “genius grant” and founder of USC’s Saks Institute for Mental Health Law, Policy and Ethics, has used her influence and compelling testimony to shine light on the subject in Los Angeles and nationally.

   2017 December 28, Gilien Silsby, “When a person is committed against their will: A legal and mental health labyrinth”, in USC Today, archived from the original on 07 May 2024

   And being men of their word, they did not. And so the idea that we are here in a real effort to shine the light on the polit- ical process is overwhelmed by the fact that there was a refusal to shine light on the legislative process.

   2018, H.R. 5175, the DISCLOSE Act, Democracy is Strengthened by Casting Light on Spending in Elections: Hearing Before the Committee on House Administration, House of Representatives, One Hundred Eleventh Congress, Second Session, Held in Washington, DC, May 6, 2010, United States Government Publishing Office, page 3

   Synonyms: shine a light on