ROGET'S THESAURUS OF ENGLISH WORDS AND PHRASES ...

V. disclose, discover, dismask † ; draw the veil, draw aside the veil, lift the veil, raise the
veil, lift up the veil, remove the veil, tear aside the veil, tear the curtain; unmask, unveil,
unfold, uncover, unseal, unkennel; take off the seal, break the seal; lay open, lay bare;
expose; open, open up; bare, bring to light.
divulge, reveal, break; squeal [Coll.], tattle [Coll.], sing [Coll.], rat [Coll.], snitch
[Coll.]; let into the secret; reveal the secrets of the prison house; tell &c (inform) 527;
breathe, utter, blab, peach; let out, let fall, let drop, let slip, spill the beans, let the cat out
of the bag; betray; tell tales, come out of school; come out with; give vent, give utterance
to; open the lips, blurt out, vent, whisper about; speak out &c (make manifest) 525; make
public &c 531; unriddle &c (find out) 480.1; split.
acknowledge, allow, concede, grant, admit, own, own up to, confess, avow, throw off
all disguise, turn inside out, make a clean breast; show one's hand, show one's cards;
unburden one's mind, disburden one's mind, disburden one's conscience, disburden one's
heart; open one's mind, lay bare one's mind, tell a piece of one's mind [Fr.]; unbosom
oneself, own to the soft impeachment; say the truth, speak the truth; turn King's evidence,
Queen's evidence; acknowledge the corn [U.S.].
raise the mask, drop the mask, lift the mask, remove the mask, throw off the mask;
expose; lay open; undeceive † , unbeguile † ; disabuse, set right, correct, open the eyes of;
d_esillusionner.
be disclosed &c; transpire, come to light; come in sight &c (be visible) 446; become
known, escape the lips; come out, ooze out, creep out, leak out, peep out, crop-out; show
its face, show its colors; discover itself &c; break through the clouds, flash on the mind.
Adj. disclosed &c v.; open, public &c 525.
Int. out with it!,
Phr. the murder is out; a light breaks in upon one; the scales fall from one's eyes; the
eyes are opened.
530. Ambush [Means of concealment]. -- N. camouflage; mimicry; hiding place; secret
place, secret drawer; recess, hold, holes and corners; closet, crypt, adytum † , abditory † ,
oubliette.
ambush, ambuscade; stalking horse; lurking hole, lurking place; secret path, back
stairs; retreat &c (refuge) 666.
screen, cover, shade, blinker; veil, curtain, blind, cloak, cloud.
mask, visor, vizor † , disguise, masquerade dress, domino.
pitfall &c (source of danger) 667; trap &c (snare) 545.
V. blend in, blend into the background.
lie in ambush &c (hide oneself) 528; lie in wait for, lurk; set a trap for &c (deceive)
545; ambuscade, ambush.
camouflage.
Adj. camouflaged, hidden, concealed.
Adv. aux aguets † .
531. Publication -- N. publication; public announcement &c 527; promulgation,
propagation, proclamation, pronunziamento [It]; circulation, indiction † , edition; hue and
cry.