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lay somebody/something open (to something)
1. to put someone or something in a position where there is risk or danger The Senator's remarks were thoughtless and laid him open to criticism. 2. to create an opportunity A string of victories laid the way open for our track team to compete in the regional championship. Related vocabulary: pave the way for somebody/somethingWant to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit the webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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What seemed the centre of the Stranger's form lay open to my view: yet I could see no heart, nor lungs, nor arteries, only a beautiful harmonious Something -- for which I had no words; but you, my Readers in Spaceland, would call it the surface of the Sphere. We shall therefore very minutely lay open those previous matters by which it was produced; and for that purpose we shall be obliged to reveal all the secrets of a little family with which my reader is at present entirely unacquainted; and of which the oeconomy was so rare and extraordinary, that I fear it will shock the utmost credulity of many married persons. The unfinished letter which she had been writing when Lady Montbarry interrupted her, lay open on the blotting-book. |
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