Examples of 'lay open' in a sentence
Meaning of "lay open"
lay open - to expose or reveal something that was previously hidden, confidential, or unacknowledged. This phrase is commonly used to describe actions that bring transparency or vulnerability
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- To publish a patent for initial public review, prior to the formal application for registration.
- To expose or reveal (something).
- To open (something) through cutting or scissoring.
How to use "lay open" in a sentence
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lay open
Both aspirants lay open to grave objections.
The ardennes door lay open.
The bag lay open on the chair.
The suitcase lay open.
I will lay open thy secrets.
It was the dungeon of lies which now lay open before her.
We could lay open the womb.
Lay open on the seat.
Around the town lay open fields and meadows.
Lay open to you.
We left this grotto which lay open to every wind.
Your mind lay open like a drawer of knives.
He piles phrase upon phrase to lay open his heart of love.
To lay open so many stereotypes.
Now the pearls of love lay open before you in this first.
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To lay open to public inspection.
He merely pointed to a book of prodigious size which lay open on the table.
And to lay open conspiracy.
Their eyes locked and their souls lay open to one another.
His bible lay open at the same page for weeks.
Within a short time the road to Paris lay open.
Let us continue to lay open the principal objects of a good government.
With this strategic victory the territory north of Chalcis lay open to the Muslims.
Will lay open to us.
The disciple was startled to find that his life lay open like a book before Jesus.
And before me lay open innumerable doors to that rosecolored campus life.
The whole of the Republic lay open to the French.
And before me lay open countless doors to various different campus lives.
The road southwest to Bitola now lay open to the Serbs.
His Bible lay open on a table beside him.
After the battle of Achelous the way to Constantinople lay open to Simeon.
Now it lay open to the spread of Greek civilization.
Because now the nation lay open to the Prussians.
One lay open to a portrait of Brimstone.
But the road to London now lay open and it was decided to take it.
The road to concrete action in Central and Eastern Europe now lay open.
To uncover, lay open what has been veiled or covered up.
Melt some butter and cream, lay open your palms.
Third, he should lay open his wants with a holy earnestness.
Why risk massacre when the way lay open to escape?
We could lay open the womb… try to remove the infant.
A ledger with men 's names lay open near her cot.
I will lay open the secrets before the eyes of God!
A rich, sparsely inhabited continent lay open to exploitation and development.
The area lay open to Scandinavians searching for gold, glory and eventually land.
Inside the mosque, empty graves lay open in the rubble.
Even as eyes lay open wide, There is a heart that sleeps inside.
In front of us to the North, lay open sea.
Now her every secret lay open to Blomkvist 's prying eyes.
The Tang forces were defeated, and the road to the capital now lay open.
