expose

v

1. endanger, imperil, jeopardize, put in jeopardy, lay open or subject to danger; hazard, risk, venture, chance, take a chance, tempt fate, sail too near the wind, fly too close to the sun.

2. uncover, bare, unveil, unsheathe, disease, uncase; divest, strip, undress, unrobe, disrobe, denude, denudate.

3. present to view, exhibit, display, show, indicate, point out, evince, make manifest; take the wraps off, come out of the closet, unveil, unmask, show up; discover, descry, detect, find, uncover, unearth, exhume, dig up, smoke out.

4. bring to light, bring out, make known, reveal, disclose, divulge; tell, impart, inform, relate, utter, Archaic. discover, break the news; release, break, report, publish, Archaic. divulgate, print; advertise, broadcast, air, vent, ventilate, communicate; blurt out, blab, leak, let out, let slip, let the cat out of the bag, spill the beans; betray, Inf. blow the whistle on, Sl. blow the lid off, Sl. pull the plug on; tattle, tattletale,/l//S/. squeal, squeak, rat, fink, stool, peach.

5. desert, abandon, forsake, turn one's back on; run out on, strand, Inf. ditch, Sl. give the deep six, leave high and dry, Inf. leave flat; turn out, put out, turn into the street.