verb
1 uncover sth
ADVERB
▪ completely , fully
▪ briefly
▪ suddenly
▪ deliberately
▪
a gesture that deliberately ~d the line of her throat
PREPOSITION
▪ to
▪
These drawings must not be ~d to the air.
2 show the truth
ADVERB
▪ fully
▪ clearly
▪
a report which clearly ~s the weakness of the government's economic policy
▪ publicly
▪
He was publicly ~d as a liar and a cheat.
▪ cruelly ( esp. BrE )
▪
He was outclassed by a team that cruelly ~d his lack of pace.
VERB + EXPOSE
▪ threaten to
▪ seek to , try to
PREPOSITION
▪ as
▪
She has been ~d as a fraud.
3 to sth harmful
ADVERB
▪ directly
▪ constantly , repeatedly
▪
The general public is constantly ~d to radiation.
▪ regularly
PREPOSITION
▪ to
Expose is used with these nouns as the object: ↑ affair , ↑ belly , ↑ conspiracy , ↑ corruption , ↑ failing , ↑ film , ↑ flank , ↑ flaw , ↑ folly , ↑ genitals , ↑ hoax , ↑ identity , ↑ ignorance , ↑ inadequacy , ↑ injustice , ↑ lie , ↑ limitation , ↑ myth , ↑ penis , ↑ scandal , ↑ scar , ↑ shortcoming , ↑ truth , ↑ vulnerability , ↑ weakness , ↑ workings , ↑ wrong