true colors

1. see under show one's true colors.

Example Sentences

Lauper followed her smash debut in 1986 with “True Colors,” the title track of which she framed as a tribute to a friend who’d died from AIDS.

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Yet “True Colors” became a hit anyway, topping the Hot 100 for two weeks thanks in large part to Lauper’s deeply unguarded vocal performance.

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Indeed, “True Colors” heralded Lauper’s decades of work as an activist fighting homelessness among LGBTQ+ youth and combating efforts to restrict women’s reproductive rights.

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“I think Zach Bryan puts on a big mask in his day-to-day life and sometimes he can’t help but rip it off and show his true colors,” Adcock said.

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“As they’ve seen Musk show his true colors of his personal politics and his personal attitudes, they have decided that this is not someone that they want to support with their dollars,” Abuelsamid said.

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