| Roget’s II: The New Thesaurus, Third Edition. 1995. |
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| VERB: | 1. To make bare: bare, denude, disrobe, divest, expose, strip1. See PUT ON. 2. To disclose in a breach of confidence: betray, blab, divulge, expose, give away, let out, reveal, tell, unveil. Informal : spill. Archaic : discover. Idioms: let slip, let the cat out of the bag, spill the beans, tell all. See SHOW. 3. To make visible; bring to view: bare, disclose, display, expose, reveal, show, unclothe, unmask, unveil. Archaic : discover. Idioms: bring to light, lay open, make plain. See SHOW. 4. To find by investigation: dig (out or up), turn up, unearth. See SHOW.
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