Meaning of lay open | Babel Free

Definitions

1. To publish a patent for initial public review, prior to the formal application for registration.
   Japan, South-Korea
2. To expose or reveal (something).
   transitive
3. To open (something) through cutting or scissoring.
   transitive

Equivalents

Examples

“to lay⟳ oneself open⟳ to criticism”

“The power of turning into an animal has this serious disadvantage that it lays you open⟳ to the chance of being wounded or even slain in your animal skin before you have⟳ the chance to put⟳ it off and scramble back into your human integument.”

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