light on/uponsomething
phrasal verbwithlightverbuk/laɪt/us/laɪt/litorlighted|litorlighted
formaltofindorthinkof somethingunexpectedly:
Welightedupon thesolutionentirelybyaccident.
Finding and discovering
- a fishing expeditionidiom
- ascertain
- break (fresh/new) groundidiom
- breakthrough
- bringsomethingto lightidiom
- catchsomeonered-handedidiom
- finding
- flushsomeone/somethingout
- fossick
- found
- pinpoint
- putsomeoneontosomething
- putyourfinger onsomethingidiom
- rake
- rakesomethingout
- red-handed
- rediscover
- rumble
- sniff
- uncover