The dull, plain background threw the ornate settee into sharp relief.
•The red vase was thrown into sharp relief against the black background.
Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.
throw something into (sharp) relief — put/throw/something into ( sharp/stark/) relief phrase to make something very obvious The episode throws into sharp relief the enormous cultural divide between these two communities. Thesaurus: to make something more obvious or noticeable … Useful english dictionary
throw something into (stark) relief — put/throw/something into ( sharp/stark/) relief phrase to make something very obvious The episode throws into sharp relief the enormous cultural divide between these two communities. Thesaurus: to make something more obvious or noticeable … Useful english dictionary
put something into (sharp) relief — put/throw/something into ( sharp/stark/) relief phrase to make something very obvious The episode throws into sharp relief the enormous cultural divide between these two communities. Thesaurus: to make something more obvious or noticeable … Useful english dictionary
put something into (stark) relief — put/throw/something into ( sharp/stark/) relief phrase to make something very obvious The episode throws into sharp relief the enormous cultural divide between these two communities. Thesaurus: to make something more obvious or noticeable … Useful english dictionary
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relief — re|lief W2S2 [rıˈli:f] n ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(comfort)¦ 2¦(reduction of pain)¦ 3¦(help)¦ 4¦(replacement)¦ 5¦(decoration)¦ 6 bring/throw something into relief 7 light/comic relief 8¦(money)¦ 9¦(war)¦ 10¦(map)¦ … Dictionary of contemporary English
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China — /chuy neuh/, n. 1. People s Republic of, a country in E Asia. 1,221,591,778; 3,691,502 sq. mi. (9,560,990 sq. km). Cap.: Beijing. 2. Republic of. Also called Nationalist China. a republic consisting mainly of the island of Taiwan off the SE coast … Universalium
