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.
- 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