to become known; to come to light; to be discovered ; to be known; to be understood ; to clearly not amount to much; to be insignificant ; to be evident; to be obvious; to go without saying ; to be very intense (of worry, hope, etc.); to be severe
tearing up and discarding (e.g. documents); destruction ; annulment; cancellation; abrogation; voiding; breaking (e.g. a treaty) ; reversal (of an original ruling on appeal); quashing
to expose (to the sun, public, danger, etc.) ; to bleach; to refine ; to rinse (vegetables); to soak ; to doxx; to dox; to make someone's private information public without permission ; to sentence (someone) to public humiliation
in the first place; to begin with; from the start; originally; ab initio ; after all; anyway; actually; well, ...; ... on earth (e.g. "what on earth?"); ... in the world (e.g. "why in the world?") ; beginning; start
to feel nervous; to feel afraid; to feel self-conscious; to lose one's nerve; to get cold feet; to get the jitters ; to be startled; to be surprised; to be shocked; to feel frightened; to be spooked ; to be shy; to be bashful
to weigh on one's mind; to bother one; to worry about; to be concerned about; to care about; to feel uneasy; to be anxious ; to be interested (in); to be curious (about); to wonder (about); to catch one's eye ; to feel like (doing); to feel inclined to; to bring oneself to (do)
to raise; to bring to (someone's attention) ; to appeal to (reason, emotions, etc.); to work on (one's emotions); to play on (one's sympathies) ; to complain ; to sue (a person); to take someone to court ; to resort to (e.g. arms, violence)
outflow; effluence; efflux; spillage; spill; discharge; haemorrhage; hemorrhage; bleeding (e.g. of ink into paper) ; outflow (of people, capital, etc.); drain (of gold, talent, etc. from a country); leak (e.g. of personal information)
to be involved (in); to get involved (in); to concern oneself (with); to take part (in); to interfere (in) ; to relate to (a matter); to pertain to; to concern; to have to do with ; to (seriously) affect; to concern; to have a serious bearing (on) ; to stick (to); to adhere (to); to be particular (about)