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Collocations for expose - verb

1. uncover sth

ADVERB

completely, fully
briefly
suddenly
deliberately
a gesture that deliberately exposed the line of her throat

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PREPOSITION

to
These drawings must not be exposed to the air.

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2. show the truth

ADVERB

fully
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.
cruelly (esp. BrE)
He was outclassed by a team that cruelly exposed his lack of pace.

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VERB + expose

threaten to
seek to, try to

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PREPOSITION

as
She has been exposed as a fraud.

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3. to sth harmful

ADVERB

directly
constantly, repeatedly
The general public is constantly exposed to radiation.
regularly

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PREPOSITION

to

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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

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