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View definitions for lay open

lay open

verb as in come out with

verb as in expose

verb as in unclothe

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Example Sentences

The cop lay open-eyed with a grievous head wound as Johnson again checked for a pulse.

Large cardboard boxes of Kleenex, each with 36 tissue boxes, lay open for people to take.

Edna seated herself at the piano, and softly picked out with one hand the bars of a piece of music which lay open before her.

Several persons were immediately employed to clear away the weeds and lay open the spot.

No corner of his being but lay open to the great Consolatrix.

She put the envelope into his hand as it lay open, palm upwards, on his knee.

A large hall came next, which lay open, without doors, to the square outside.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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