(usually the limelight) noun
[U] the centre of public attention:
to be in the limelight * to stay out of the limelight * to steal / hog the limelight (= take attention away from other people) * to be brought / pushed / thrust into the limelight
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This is a English–English dictionary entry.
Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
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