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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/something

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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. Flatland by Abbott, Edwin View in context 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 History of Tom Jones, a Foundling by Fielding, Henry View in context The unfinished letter which she had been writing when Lady Montbarry interrupted her, lay open on the blotting-book. The Haunted Hotel by Collins, Wilkie View in context			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 rubber lay some sweet lines on lay the blame on lay the ghost of lay to lay to rest lay to waste lay together lay under lay up lay waste laze away leach leach away leach in leach out of lead lead a dance lead a dog's life lead a double life lead against			lay off lay off lay off lay off lay off Lay Offs Lay Offs Lay Offs Lay Offs lay on lay on lay on lay on lay on Lay on Hands lay on the line Lay on the table Lay on the table Lay on the table Lay on the table lay on thick lay on thick lay on thick lay on thick lay on with a trowel lay on with a trowel lay on with a trowel lay on with a trowel lay one on lay oneself open to lay open lay open to harm lay open to view lay out lay out lay out lay out lay out lay out lay out a boundary lay out for lay out in lavender lay out money lay out on lay over lay over lay over lay over lay over lay panel Lay Pastoral Ministry Institute Lay Pastoral Ministry Program Lay Pastors Ministry, Inc. lay people lay people lay people lay people Lay person Lay person Lay person Lay person

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