lay bare

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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.

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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. Poems by Poe, Edgar Allan View in context The entire column had passed out of sight: the straight white road lay bare and desolate in the moonlight! Can Such Things Be? by Bierce, Ambrose View in context 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. Wuthering Heights by Bronte, Emily View in context			Laughter is the best medicine launch launch against launch forth launch into launch out on laundry laurel lavish on law law unto oneself lawyer lay lay a finger on lay a hand on lay a trip on lay against lay alongside lay an egg lay around lay aside lay aside for lay at door lay at feet lay away lay bare lay before lay cards on the table lay claim to lay down lay down arms lay down life lay down the law lay emphasis on lay eyes on lay for lay hold of lay in lay into lay it on the line lay it on thick lay low lay low and sing small lay of the land lay off lay on lay open lay out lay out in lavender lay out on lay over			lay an impost lay an information lay analyst Lay Apostolic Ministries with the Poor lay around lay around lay around lay around lay around lay aside lay aside lay aside lay aside lay aside lay aside for lay aside or away lay at door lay at door lay at door lay at door lay at door lay at feet lay away lay away lay away lay away lay away lay back Lay baptism lay bar lay bare lay before lay before lay before lay before lay before lay before the public lay behind lay behind lay behind lay behind lay blame upon lay board Lay brother Lay brothers lay by lay by lay by lay by lay by lay by the heels lay by the heels lay by the heels lay cards on the table lay cards on the table lay cards on the table lay cards on the table Lay Catholic Broadcasting Network lay charges against lay claim lay claim to

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