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noun VERB + LIMELIGHT grab, hog, steal She accused her co-star of trying to hog the limelight. | enjoy | avoid, shun | share PREP. into the ~ an ordinary person who was suddenly thrust into the limelight | in the ~ She likes being in the limelight. | out of the ~ The band started touring again after two years out of the limelight.
Oxford Collocations Dictionary