be in the spotlight

1. Literally, to be positioned in a beam of light, typically while performing onstage. The director assured me that I would be in the spotlight for my solo.

2. By extension, to be the center of attention. My sister loves being in the spotlight, but I get really nervous on stage. Once news of this scandal breaks, our company will be in the spotlight for months.

be in the spotlight

(mainly American)

to get attention and interest from the public I always assumed she liked being in the spotlight. (mainly American)

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Masozi	-	Southern African, Tumbuka
Maaria	MAH:-ree-ah	Finnish
Lucie	luy-SEE (French), luw-TSI-e (Czech)	French, Czech
Ettie	ET-ee	English
AdriÀ	-	Catalan
Thucydides	thoo-SID-ə-deez (English)	Ancient Greek (Latinized)