| 单词 | to come to light with |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto come to light with (b) colloquial (Australian and New Zealand). to come to light with: to produce, to come up with (something, esp. money). Also without with: to pay up, fork out. ΚΠ 1890 Gympie (Queensland) Times 10 Apr. Lumley Hill..has come to light with his usual misstatements, an unusual sympathy and a donation of £2 2s to the lads. 1917 Chrons. N.Z.E.F. 5 Sept. 28/1 We hit him up for a loan for weeks afterwards and he always came to light too. ?a1927 F. S. Anthony Follow Call (1936) vii. 83 I had to borrow £20..before I could come to light with the engagement ring. 1930 Bulletin (Sydney) 26 Feb. 57/2 ‘Will you come and help me buy the things they most need?’ Uncle Bill had come to light without a doubt. 2005 Press (Christchurch, N.Z.) (Nexis) 24 Jan. (Sport section) 2 Former Park player Carl Solomons came to light with a telling 68 from 105 balls against his old team. < as lemmas |
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