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Expose   /ɪkspˈoʊz/   Listen
Expose

verb
(past & past part. exposed; pres. part. exposing)
1.
Expose or make accessible to some action or influence.  "Expose the blanket to sunshine"
2.
Make known to the public information that was previously known only to a few people or that was meant to be kept a secret.  Synonyms: break, bring out, disclose, discover, divulge, give away, let on, let out, reveal, unwrap.  "The actress won't reveal how old she is" , "Bring out the truth" , "He broke the news to her" , "Unwrap the evidence in the murder case"
3.
To show, make visible or apparent.  Synonyms: display, exhibit.  "Why don't you show your nice legs and wear shorter skirts?" , "National leaders will have to display the highest skills of statesmanship"
4.
Remove all or part of one's clothes to show one's body.  Synonym: uncover.  "The man exposed himself in the subway"
5.
Disclose to view as by removing a cover.  Synonym: disclose.
6.
Put in a dangerous, disadvantageous, or difficult position.  Synonyms: endanger, peril, queer, scupper.
7.
Expose to light, of photographic film.
8.
Expose while ridiculing; especially of pretentious or false claims and ideas.  Synonym: debunk.
9.
Abandon by leaving out in the open air.  "After Christmas, many pets get abandoned"
noun
1.
The exposure of an impostor or a fraud.  Synonym: unmasking.



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"Expose" Quotes from Famous Books



... eager to see her husband assume a position fitting to his great talents. Mr. Tyler joined her in her arguments. Blennerhasset gave way. It was a fatal compliance, one destined to destroy his happiness and peace for the remainder of his life, and to expose his wife to the most frightful scenes ...
— Historic Tales, Vol. 1 (of 15) - The Romance of Reality • Charles Morris
... I know," he said gravely, "below the south banks yonder, but there will be peril in it—a peril to which I dread to expose ...
— Beyond the Frontier • Randall Parrish
... revolutionary activity, Emma Goldman was harassed even to the extent of inability to secure shelter. Too proud to seek safety in the denial of her identity, she chose to pass the nights in the public parks rather than expose her friends to danger or vexation by her visits. The already bitter cup was filled to overflowing by the attempted suicide of a young comrade who had shared living quarters with Emma Goldman, Alexander Berkman, and a ...
— Anarchism and Other Essays • Emma Goldman
... She will be here almost directly. And, besides, I don't like to expose my feelings to every passer-by in High Street. You forget I have not seen her for two years, and I hate scenes in ...
— Wives and Daughters • Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell
... my grandfathers, parents, sister, preceptors, relatives, friends and domestics were almost all persons of probity, and that I never happened to disoblige any of them. By the goodness of the gods I was not provoked to expose my infirmities. I owe it to them also that my wife is so deferential, affectionate and frugal; and that when I had a mind to look into philosophy I did not spend too much time in reading or logic-chopping. ...
— The Worlds Greatest Books, Volume XIII. - Religion and Philosophy • Various


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