blow the lid off

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The cast also features Colman Domingo as a whistleblower trying to blow the lid off an alien coverup.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 6, 2026

Today we are going to blow the lid off a debate that raged in America’s newspapers at the turn of the 20th century.

From Washington Post • Dec. 4, 2021

So as two women, the one thing we did know was that if we wanted to blow the lid off the news, it had to look like the news.

From Salon • Jul. 19, 2021

I even went so far as to say, “If it is true and you wanted to blow the lid off of it, here’s where I would look.”

From Slate • Nov. 29, 2020

Percy concentrated until his ears popped, but the best he could do was blow the lid off the plastic treasure chest.

From "The Mark of Athena" by Rick Riordan