lays open
Brings to light
To lay open is to expose or reveal something previously hidden or protected.
You might lay open a wound by cutting away bandages, or lay open someone's motives by exposing them to scrutiny: The investigation laid open years of financial misconduct.
The phrase can also mean to make vulnerable: The army's retreat laid open the capital to attack.
- unlockOpen a secured closure
- exposeMake known publicly
- revealMake something visible
- uncoverReveal what's hidden
- discloseReveal hidden information
demystify · bare · present · display · manifest · illuminate · susceptible · unguarded · clarify · defenseless · uncloak · divulge · elucidate · unmask · explain · rip apart · unfold · transparent
lays openprotects
Defends from threat
shields · safeguards · defends · guards · secures
lays openwithholds
Refuses to release
suppresses · conceals · covers up · holds back · hushes up
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