Definition: the exposure of an impostor or a fraud
Usage: he published an expose of the graft and corruption in city government
Main entry: expose
Definition: abandon by leaving out in the open air
Usage: The infant was exposed by the teenage mother; After Christmas, many pets get abandoned
Definition: expose while ridiculing; especially of pretentious or false claims and ideas
Usage: The physicist debunked the psychic's claims
Main entry: unwrap, expose, give away, reveal, let on, let out, break, bring out, disclose, discover, divulge
Definition: make known to the public information that was previously known only to a few people or that was meant to be kept a secret
Usage: 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
Main entry: expose, endanger, scupper, peril, queer
Definition: put in a dangerous, disadvantageous, or difficult position
Definition: remove all or part of one's clothes to show one's body
Usage: uncover your belly; The man exposed himself in the subway
Main entry: expose
Definition: expose or make accessible to some action or influence
Usage: Expose your students to art; expose the blanket to sunshine
Main entry: expose
Definition: expose to light, of photographic film
Definition: disclose to view as by removing a cover
Usage: The curtain rose to disclose a stunning set
Main entry: display, exhibit, expose
Definition: to show, make visible or apparent
Usage: 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