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 ● Oct. 15, 2025
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 ● May 23, 2024
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 ● Mar. 16, 2023
Revisiting the past, Newman said, allowed her to celebrate beloved “Saturday Night Live” sketches from her 1975-80 tenure and lift the curtain on their creation.
From Washington Times ● Mar. 16, 2021
I lift the curtain from my straddle on the windowsill to find Mr. and Mrs. Tilbury standing next to Colin.
From "The Bletchley Riddle" by Ruta Sepetys and Steve Sheinkin
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