"expose oneself" meaning in All languages combined

See expose oneself on Wiktionary

Verb [English]

Audio: en-au-expose oneself.ogg Forms: exposes oneself [present, singular, third-person], exposing oneself [participle, present], exposed oneself [participle, past], exposed oneself [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} expose oneself (third-person singular simple present exposes oneself, present participle exposing oneself, simple past and past participle exposed oneself)
  1. (idiomatic, euphemistic) To display one's genitalia in a public place or in other inappropriate circumstances. Tags: euphemistic, idiomatic Translations (display one's genitalia): 裸露自己的性器官 (luǒlù zìjǐ de xìngqìguān) (Chinese Mandarin), paljastaa itsensä (Finnish), expor-se (Portuguese), blotta sig (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-expose_oneself-en-verb-5-Y7b6kA Categories (other): English euphemisms, English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Swedish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 76 24 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 78 22 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 74 26 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 79 21 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 78 22 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 78 22 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 75 25 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 77 23 Disambiguation of "display one's genitalia": 97 3
  2. (idiomatic) To put oneself in a vulnerable position. Tags: idiomatic Related terms: indecent exposure Translations (put oneself in a vulerable position): 暴露自己 (bàolù zìjǐ) (Chinese Mandarin), 冒風險 (Chinese Mandarin), 冒风险 (mào fēngxiǎn) (Chinese Mandarin), vaarantaa itsensä (Finnish), expor-se (Portuguese)
    Sense id: en-expose_oneself-en-verb-8NmqE0yV Disambiguation of 'put oneself in a vulerable position': 13 87

Inflected forms

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