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
Reveal is a synonym for bare in expose topic. In some cases you can use "Reveal" instead a verb "Bare", when it comes to topics like action, show, publishing.
Reveal
Reveal verb - To make known (as information previously kept secret).
Usage example: at the end of the book, the detective reveals the identity of the mysterious stranger
Bare is a synonym for reveal in show topic. You can use "Bare" instead a verb "Reveal", if it concerns topics such as publishing, expose.
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- When he asks her to 'lay herself bare' and 'show him the real her', she nervously agrees and leads him to an unused home of her family's only to reveal she didn't pick up on the sexual implications at all; rather, what she shows him is the "real her": an obsession with magic, darkness, and torture.
Source: Virginity Makes You Stupid -
At one point he rips off his prom suit to reveal his costume - including the gloves, even though his hands had been bare while he was in the suit.
Source: Dressed in Layers -
Only the two costumes, one chapter based and one DLC, reveal Alice's bare legs, and only one of that two actually shows some cleavage.
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