- spotlight
- noun1 lampVERB + SPOTLIGHT▪ shine▪
They shone the spotlight on a woman at the back of the audience.
▪ step into▪He stepped into the spotlight to the wild applause of the crowd.
SPOTLIGHT + VERB▪ be on sb/sth, fall on sb/sth, shine on sb/sthPREPOSITION▪ in the spotlight, under the spotlight▪It was hot under the spotlights.
2 public attention/interestADJECTIVE▪ harsh▪After the defeat, he tried to avoid the harsh spotlight of the media.
▪ international, national, public▪ media, politicalVERB + SPOTLIGHT▪ come into, come under (both esp. BrE)▪This issue will come under the spotlight at tomorrow's meeting.
▪ be thrust into, step into, take▪She was suddenly thrust into the political spotlight.
▪ bring sth into▪ focus, put, shine, throw, turn▪These revelations threw a spotlight on the shakiness of the economy.
▪ keep▪He will want to keep the spotlight on the divisions within the party.
▪ share▪The captain had to share the spotlight with the new young star.
▪ grab, hog, steal▪He accused her of hogging the spotlight.
▪ shun, shy away from▪The President has never been one to shun the spotlight.
SPOTLIGHT + VERB▪ be on sb/sth, fall on sb/sth, shine on sb/sth, turn on sb/sthPREPOSITION▪ away from the spotlight▪ in the spotlight, under the spotlight▪The quality of our food is back in the spotlight.
▪ out of the spotlight▪The affair is now out of the spotlight.
Collocations dictionary. 2013.
