Bare
Bare verb - To make known (as information previously kept secret).
Usage example: finally bared the secret that she had kept to herself for so long
Cover
Cover verb - To place a protective layer over.
Usage example: better cover your skin with sunblock if you don't want a sunburn, not to mention skin cancer
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
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In one episode, he is made to pose for a cover photo, dressed like an adventure hero in khaki, including a shirt revealing a lot of bare chest.
Source: Contemptible Cover -
In her natural form, she's a Cute Monster Girl with webbed hands, long and pointy fins instead of ears, highly-visible gills over her ribcage, and Godiva Hair to cover her bare Non-Mammal Mammaries.
Source: Our Mermaids Are Different -
Bare Your Midriff is also slightly justified- Mysterium has two suns.Tropes: Animesque: The cover art.
Source: Literature / Destined to Lead
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