get in(to) focus

1. To become able to be seen clearly, as via adjustments to instruments that use lenses, or by digital or other means on a screen. The optician adjusted his machine until the eye chart got into focus. I hope this CCTV footage gets in focus at some point, or we won't have a good look at the perpetrator's face. You need to press this button on the camera so your subject gets into focus.

2. To make such an adjustment so that a viewed object can be seen clearly. In this usage, a noun or pronoun is used between "get" and "into." Make sure you get the flower vase in focus for this next shot. The optician got the eye chart into focus for me by adjusting his machine. If you want to get the picture into focus, smack that old TV a few times.

3. To gain more attention or begin to be more clearly understood. As the importance of protecting the environment gets into focus, companies around the world are struggling to adapt in a way that remains profitable. Now that the details of the child star's wildly dysfunctional upbringing have gotten into focus, her troubles as an adult make a lot more sense. Mental health disorders really need to get into focus because they affect so many people.