raise the curtain

Example Sentences

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Let’s raise the curtain on 15 things that stirred us:

From Golf Digest • Mar. 26, 2020

“A lot of actors throw aside caution and reveal their innermost being, only to raise the curtain on a void. Cassel makes Moskowitz into a convincing, dedicated, pure crazy Romantic.”

From Washington Post • Apr. 9, 2019

So this is an excellent time to raise the curtain on the N.F.L. and its injury data results.

From New York Times • Jan. 26, 2017

In June of 2006, Cirque du Soleil was preparing to raise the curtain on the company’s latest production, “Love,” built around the music and, loosely, the life stories of the Beatles.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 9, 2016

Gesturing to the short-haired woman to raise the curtain, he strode to the exact center of the stage and took elaborate bows as the curtain came up.

From "The Bad Beginning" by Lemony Snicket