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    • expose :the exposure of an impostor or a fraud
      • he published an expose of the graft and corruption in city government

    • expose :expose or make accessible to some action or influence
      • Expose your students to art|expose the blanket to sunshine

    • expose :make known to the public information that was previously known only to a few people or that was meant to be kept a secret
      • The auction house would not disclose the price at which the van Gogh had sold|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|The newspaper uncovered the President's illegal dealings

    • expose :to show, make visible or apparent
      • The Metropolitan Museum is exhibiting Goya's works this month|Why don't you show your nice legs and wear shorter skirts?|National leaders will have to display the highest skills of statesmanship

    • expose :remove all or part of one's clothes to show one's body
      • uncover your belly|The man exposed himself in the subway

    • expose :reveal to view as by removing a cover
      • The curtain rose to disclose a stunning set

    • expose :expose while ridiculing; especially of pretentious or false claims and ideas
      • The physicist debunked the psychic's claims

    • expose :abandon by leaving out in the open air
      • The infant was exposed by the teenage mother|After Christmas, many pets get abandoned

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