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