lift the curtain
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Ripping him for being “the only person to fail to run a casino,” Jillette isn’t afraid to lift the curtain of that show, on which Teller made cameos as well.
From Los Angeles Times
It's an opportunity, says Bourgeois, to break out of the confines of time-limited TikTok and lift the curtain on trainspotting, as well as his love for the railway, its heritage and its future.
From BBC
In 1972, the people, fed up with legislative chicanery, organized and passed an initiative to lift the curtain surrounding what their representatives were doing in secret.
From Seattle Times
The aviation industry is hoping that the easing of travel restrictions will lift the curtain on a busy summer, after two years of major disruption due to the pandemic.
From BBC
They’ll find it in a report that she said will “lift the curtain” on how people interact with one another and with nature.
From Scientific American
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