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expose in WordNet English dictionary
verb- 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"
unwrap disclose let on bring out reveal discover expose divulge break give away let out
- expose while ridiculing; especially of pretentious or false claims and ideas
"The physicist debunked the psychic's claims"
debunk expose
- disclose to view as by removing a cover
"The curtain rose to disclose a stunning set"
disclose 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 exhibit display
- put in a dangerous, disadvantageous, or difficult position
queer expose scupper endanger peril
- abandon by leaving out in the open air
"The infant was exposed by the teenage mother"; "After Christmas, many pets get abandoned"
expose
- remove all or part of one's clothes to show one's body
"uncover your belly"; "The man exposed himself in the subway"
uncover expose
- expose to light, of photographic film
expose
- expose or make accessible to some action or influence
"Expose your students to art"; "expose the blanket to sunshine"
expose
noun- the exposure of an impostor or a fraud
"he published an expose of the graft and corruption in city government"
expose unmasking
WordNet Lexical Database v3.0, © 2006 Princeton University