Example
“When the prototype went live, the team faced its moment of truth.”
Dictionary details
Related idioms
Expressions connected by reviewed component words or topic tags.
economical with the truth
Formal · CEFR C1
deliberately omitting important facts in order to give a misleading impression
blow someone's cover
Neutral · CEFR B2
to expose what someone has kept secret, such as their identity or scheme
go for broke
Neutral · CEFR B2
to stake everything on one final effort to win or succeed
home and dry
Neutral · CEFR C1
successfully completed or achieved, with the main risks safely past
a piece of cake
Informal · CEFR A2
Something that is very easy to do.
so far so good
Informal · CEFR A2
used to say that things have gone well up to now
Source methodology
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