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in the spotlight

1. Fig. in the beam of a spotlight, as on a stage. The singer was in the spotlight but the band was almost in the dark.

2. and in the limelight Fig. at the center of attention. (Limelight refers to an obsolete type of spotlight, and the word occurs only in this phrase.) John will do almost anything to get himself into the limelight. I love being in the spotlight. All elected officials spend a lot of time in the limelight.

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CAPTION(S): IN THE LIMELIGHT : The Honley-based Limelight School of Performing Arts in Roarin Twenties dress for their production of Bugsy Malone at the Southgate Theatre Picture by Paul Bugsy brings a touch of Chicago by Huddersfield Daily Examiner (Huddersfield, England) Anthony, who used to work as a 70s dancer in Scotland under the pseudonym Chico from Puerto Rico, is planning to stay in the limelight and knows exactly how to do it. It's wor Anthony! by Evening Chronicle (Newcastle, England)			in the family way in the fast lane in the final analysis in the first place in the first place and in the first instance in the flesh in the fullness of time in the grand scheme of things in the grip of in the groove in the gutter in the hands of in the heat of in the heat of the moment in the hole in the hopper in the hot seat in the house in the interest of in the interest of saving time in the interim in the know in the lap of luxury in the laundry in the light of in the limelight in the line of duty in the line of fire in the long run in the long term in the loop in the main in the mainstream in the making in the market in the market for in the meantime in the meanwhile in the middle of in the middle of nowhere in the midst of in the money in the mood in the name of in the near future in the neighborhood of in the nick of time in the offing in the open in the palm of hand in the picture			In the King's Name in the know in the know in the know in the know In the Know Traveler In the Land of Wonderful Dreams in the lap of luxury in the last analysis in the last analysis in the last analysis in the last analysis in the last analysis in the last analysis in the laundry in the law of libel and slander malice in the law of libel and slander malice in the law of libel and slander malice in the law of libel and slander malice in the lead in the lead in the least in the least In The Life In the Light In the Light In the Light In the Light In the Light Ministries in the light of in the limelight In the Line of Duty In the line of fire in the long haul in the long run in the long run in the long run in the long run in the long run in the long run in the long term in the loop in the loop in the loop in the loop in the loop In the lump in the lurch in the lurch in the lurch in the main in the main in the main in the mainstream in the making in the market in the market in the market in the market in the market in the market for

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in the spotlight (redirected from in the limelight)

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