Bare
Bare verb - To make known (as information previously kept secret).
Ruin
Ruin verb - To cause to lose one's fortune and become unable to pay one's debts.
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
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Averted with Jenny, she realizes that she is in love with Hugo but can't bare to ruin her reputation by admitting it in public.
Source: Comic Book / Les Nombrils -
Badass Grandpa / Old Master: The Ogrin Master in the Faeries' Ruin plot is quite elderly, but extremely wise and quite capable of defeating the wraiths with his bare hands.
Source: Franchise / Neopets
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