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lay bare something to discover or tell people about something that was not previously known or was previously kept secret It's been promoted as the biography that lays bare the truth behind the legend. lay bare something (slightly formal) also lay something bare to make something obvious that was not known before Her story lays bare the conflicts between two ambitious brothers. The trial was the first to lay bare the secrets of the organization. Related vocabulary: bare your soulHow to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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Succeeding years, too wild for song, Then rolled like tropic storms along, Where, through the garish lights that fly Dying along the troubled sky, Lay bare, through vistas thunder-riven, The blackness of the general Heaven, That very blackness yet doth Ring Light on the lightning's silver wing. The entire column had passed out of sight: the straight white road lay bare and desolate in the moonlight! The latter had never been under-drawn: its entire anatomy lay bare to an inquiring eye, except where a frame of wood laden with oatcakes and clusters of legs of beef, mutton, and ham, concealed it. |
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