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lay yourself open to attack, criticism, ridicule, etc.
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(Definition of lay yourself open to attack, criticism, ridicule, etc. from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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lay yourself open to ridicule idiom
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lay-by noun (PAYMENT)
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lay-by noun (ROAD)
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layabout noun
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SMART Thesaurus: Causing difficulties for oneself or others
Synonyms and related words:
- be a tall order idiom
- be asking for trouble idiom
- be your own worst enemy idiom
- catch sb out phrasal verb (CAUSE DIFFICULTY)
- come back/home to roost idiom
- fault line noun (PROBLEM)
- head for sth phrasal verb
- land sb in sth phrasal verb
- lay up trouble for yourself idiom
- like pulling teeth idiom
- make a rod for your own back idiom
- pose verb (CAUSE)
- shoot yourself in the foot idiom
- sow the seeds of sth idiom
- spell trouble idiom
- store up trouble/problems idiom
- storm cloud noun
- subject sb/sth to sth phrasal verb
- suicide noun (DEFEAT)
- wrong-foot verb
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