take the lid off
Example Sentences
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Because no matter how successful these ventures look from the outside, the truth is you take the lid off the can and inside it’s a can of worms.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 23, 2026
"A lot of cyber-security teams will have someone who understands how to take the lid off and see if the device was fully sanitised."
From BBC ● Jun. 5, 2023
“I’m just trying to take the lid off the basket,” Nunn said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 7, 2022
When you take the lid off a pot of boiling water, the steam can expand and it cools down.
From Textbooks ● Oct. 13, 2016
Bored with this, he reaches across the table to take the lid off a huge silver platter.
From "Where Things Come Back" by John Corey Whaley
