put a spotlight on



put a spotlight on somebody/something

to direct attention to someone or something The newspaper articles put a spotlight on the bad condition of our school buildings.
Related vocabulary: shed light on something
See also: on, put, spotlight

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
StureSTOO-re (Swedish)Swedish, Medieval Scandinavian
BecciBEK-eeEnglish (Modern)
Miljenko-Croatian
MattieMAT-eeEnglish
Michaelami-khah-E-lah (German), mi-KAY-lə (English)German, Swedish, English, Czech, Slovak
Rodolfo-Italian, Spanish, Portuguese