hit the headlines
to appear in the news suddenly or receive a lot of attention in news reports:
He hit the headlines two years ago when he was arrested for selling drugs to the mayor's nephew.
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Fame and famous
- A-list
- acclaim
- anyone
- anyone who is/was anyone idiom
- B-list
- fore
- high-profile
- household word
- illustrious
- immortal
- immortalize
- plaque
- prominent
- proverbial
- put sth/sb on the map idiom
- renown
- reputed
- rise to fame idiom
- sb's/sth's claim to fame idiom
- steal
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