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expose oneself en · VERB

Pronunciation

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Meanings

1. (euphemistic, idiomatic) To display one's genitalia or female nipples in a public place or in other inappropriate circumstances.
   • Elsewhere in Sweden recently, two underage girls pressed charges when a teenage boy exposed himself to them at a lake. The court decided, despite the victims' testimonies, that the offence was "not of a sexual nature" and dismissed it. 2013 September 20, Holly Baxter, “Is masturbating in public a laughing matter?”, in The Guardian, UK:
   • The police arrested the man who had exposed himself in public.
   • While the President was on the telephone, according to Ms. Lewinsky, "he unzipped his pants and exposed himself," and she performed oral sex. 1998 September 18, “Bill & Monica: The Intern Serves the Pizza”, in Time, retrieved 27 Apr 2014:
   • On Thursday the police in Miami Beach arrested the man, Weston J. Hill, 44 years old, charging him with indecent exposure. . . . He had been charged with exposing himself to children. 1985 May 5, “Offender's One-way Ticket Stirs 2-city Feud”, in New York Times, retrieved 27 Apr 2014:
2. (idiomatic) To put oneself in a vulnerable position.
   • The soldiers exposed themselves by moving into unfamiliar territory.
3. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see expose.

Forms

Relateds

indecent exposure

Translations (11)

cmn 冒風險 /冒风险 (put oneself in a vulnerable position) · fi paljastaa itsensä (display one's genitalia) · pt expor-se (put oneself in a vulnerable position) · cmn 露陰 /露阴 (display one's genitalia) · no blotta (display one's genitalia) · sv blotta sig (display one's genitalia) · de entblößen (display one's genitalia) · fi vaarantaa itsensä (put oneself in a vulnerable position) · pt expor-se (display one's genitalia) · cmn 暴露自己 (put oneself in a vulnerable position) · cmn 裸露自己的性器官 (display one's genitalia)