pull something out of the bag

to suddenly do something which solves a problem or improves a bad situation They're really going to have to pull something out of the bag tonight if they want to qualify for the championship.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Niall	NEE-al, NIE-al	Irish, Scottish
Ali (1)	‘ah-LEE: (Arabic)	Arabic, Persian, Urdu, Pashto, Indonesian, Malay
Josaphat	-	Biblical
Gislin	-	Ancient Germanic
Griffin	GRIF-in	English
Placide	-	French