(intransitive) (chiefly, UK, informal, figuratively) To reveal or expose something, especially information.
In the 10 months since the Romanian revolution lifted the lid off Transylvania's ancient national rivalries, the Romanians and Hungarians who have shared this land for centuries have been living in a state of tense alert, ready for the n…
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