bare : Idioms & Phrases
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bare bone
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noun bone stripped of flesh
bare bone.
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bare bones
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noun (plural) the most basic facts or elements
- he told us only the bare bones of the story
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noun bone stripped of flesh
bare bone.
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bare-ass
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adjective satellite (used informally) completely unclothed
bare-ass; stark naked; naked as a jaybird; peeled; in the buff; raw; in the altogether; in the raw.
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bare-assed
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adjective satellite (used informally) completely unclothed
bare-ass; stark naked; naked as a jaybird; peeled; in the buff; raw; in the altogether; in the raw.
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bare-breasted
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adjective satellite having the breasts uncovered or featuring such nudity
braless; topless.
- topless waitresses
- a topless cabaret
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bare-knuckle
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adjective satellite characterized by disorderly action and disregard for rules
bare-knuckle; rough-and-tumble.
- a rough-and-tumble fight
- rough-and-tumble politics
- undisguised bare-knuckle capitalism
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bare-knuckled
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adjective satellite characterized by disorderly action and disregard for rules
bare-knuckle; rough-and-tumble.
- a rough-and-tumble fight
- rough-and-tumble politics
- undisguised bare-knuckle capitalism
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To lay bare
- to make bare; to strip.
And laid those proud roofs bare to summer's rain. Byron.
Webster 1913
Under bare poles
(Naut.) , having no sail set.
