take on (a) new significance

take on (a) new significance

To become suddenly more meaningful; to be suddenly able to be interpreted or understood in a different and significant way. Her words took on a new significance when I realized that she was the daughter of a billionaire. I found that the movie really took on new significance for me after I became a parent.
See also: new, on, significance, take
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
See also:
  • take on (a) new meaning
  • burst out of (somewhere or something)
  • a light bulb goes on in (one's) brain
  • a light bulb goes on in (one's) head
  • burst (up)on the scene
  • burst on the scene
  • burst onto the scene
  • cut the ground from under someone
  • break out in tears and break in tears
  • cock up