leave oneself wide open for Idiom

leave oneself wide open for

Idiom(s): leave oneself wide open for something AND leave oneself wide open to something

Theme: PROTECTION - LACKING

to invite criticism or joking about oneself; to fail to protect oneself from criticism or ridicule.
• Yes, that was a harsh remark, Jane, but you left yourself wide open to it.
• I can't complain about your joke. I left myself wide open for it.

leave (someone, something, or oneself) (wide) accessible for (something)

To accomplish someone, something, or oneself accessible to something; to betrayal someone, something, or oneself to something. These agreement of account leave us advanced accessible for lawsuits beneath the new EU regulation, so we'll charge to amend them appropriate away. The adjudicator agreed that the defendant's use of amusing media during the balloon larboard him accessible for added analysis by the prosecution. I apperceive I larboard myself advanced accessible for contemptuousness back I fabricated my decision, but I angle by what I did.Learn more: leave, open

leave oneself advanced accessible for something

and leave oneself advanced accessible to somethingFig. to allure criticism or badinage about oneself; to abort to assure oneself from criticism or ridicule. Yes, that was a acrid remark, Jane, but you larboard yourself advanced accessible to it. I can't accuse about your joke. I larboard myself advanced accessible for it.Learn more: leave, open, wide

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leave word leave sth open leave sth for another occasion leave sb out in the cold leave sb in the lurch leave sb in peace leave sb holding the bag leave sb flat leave oneself wide open for leave one to one's fate leave high and dry leave hanging in midair leave for dead leave a lot to be desired leave a bad taste in one's mouth least of all leave in leave in a body leave in hands leave in peace leave in the lurch leave in the lurch, to leave it at that leave it be leave it out leave it to leave its mark leave little to the imagination leave lots to be desired leave mark on Leave me alone! leave much to be desired leave no stone unturned leave no stone unturned, to leave nothing to the imagination leave of absence leave off leave on leave one cold leave one to fate leave one to own devices leave oneself wide open for leave open leave open the possibility of (something or doing something) leave out leave out in the cold, to leave out of leave over leave somebody cold leave somebody holding the baby leave somebody in the lurch leave somebody to it leave somebody to their own devices leave somebody/something in the dust leave somebody/something standing leave somebody/something to the mercy/mercies of somebody/something leave someone alone leave someone cold leave someone high and dry leave someone in peace leave someone in the lurch leave someone or something standing leave someone to his or her resources leave someone to their own devices leave someone/something out in the cold leave something in its/his/her wake leave something to be desired

leave oneself wide open for Idiom