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Verb
sacar a relucir (first-person singular present saco a relucir, first-person singular preterite saqué a relucir, past participle sacado a relucir)
- (idiomatic, transitive) to publish; to make public; release (e.g. information)
2016 December 22, “Cataluña se queda sin voto en el Consejo de Política Fiscal por no comparecer”, in El País:Al constatar la incomparecencia, Hacienda ha sacado a relucir el reglamento y ha esgrimido que el voto es indelegable.- Stating the no-show, the Treasury has published the ruling and has decreed that the vote is not delegable
2018 September 1, “La "Roja" Sub 20 muestra coraje y gana el oro en el fútbol de los Odesur con un infartante triunfo sobre Uruguay en la prórroga”, in Emol:Uruguay salió a apretar con todo y sacó a relucir el libreto de la "Garra Charrúa".- Uruguay came out swinging and showed what their team is made of.
- (idiomatic, transitive) to make known; to bring up (a topic)
1994, Carmen Luisa Justiniano, Con valor y a como dé lugar: memorias de un jíbara:Después de los cumplidos, se cambiaron uno que otros temas hasta que Vélez se decidió a sacar a relucir lo de las mazorcas, segurísimo de que yo era la responsable del daño- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
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