Collocations for expose - verb
1. uncover sth
ADVERB
completely,
fully
briefly
suddenly
deliberately
a gesture that deliberately exposed the line of her throat
briefly
suddenly
deliberately
a gesture that deliberately exposed the line of her throat
2. show the truth
ADVERB
fully
clearly
a report which clearly exposes the weakness of the government's economic policy
clearly
a report which clearly exposes the weakness of the government's economic policy
publicly
He was publicly exposed as a liar and a cheat.
He was publicly exposed as a liar and a cheat.
cruelly
(esp. BrE)
He was outclassed by a team that cruelly exposed his lack of pace.
He was outclassed by a team that cruelly exposed his lack of pace.
3. to sth harmful
ADVERB
directly
constantly, repeatedly
The general public is constantly exposed to radiation.
constantly, repeatedly
The general public is constantly exposed to radiation.
regularly
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
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