Wiktionary
lay bare
vb. 1 To make bare; strip. 2 (context figuratively English) To expose to view, reveal, uncover.
Usage examples of "lay bare".
The Most Exalted Lady Eudokia had already seated herself to dine at a long, narrow table with a cloth covering the area just before her while the rest of the long table lay bare.
That land lay bare because those same winds had long ago blown away the rich bottom soil which elsewhere was the heritage left Aeneas by its oceans.