WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

come to light
    v 1: be revealed or disclosed; "The truth finally came to light"
         [syn: come to light, come to hand]

Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:

46 Moby Thesaurus words for "come to light":
   appear, arise, be found, be revealed, become known,
   become manifest, become visible, betray itself, break forth, come,
   come along, come forth, come forward, come in sight, come out,
   come to hand, crop out, discover itself, emerge, enter, fade in,
   get out, hang out, heave in sight, issue, issue forth, leak out,
   look forth, loom, manifest itself, materialize, out, outcrop,
   peep out, rear its head, rise, see the light, show,
   show its colors, show its face, show up, stand revealed,
   stream forth, strike the eye, transpire, turn up