transitive. To bring or get into a specified condition; to cause a specified action to be performed upon: = get, v. 29a(a). With past participle as…

transitive. To lay open or expose to the incidence, occurrence, or infliction of something; to make liable to something. †Also occasionally: to…

transitive. To show forth, display, present; = to put forward 4 at phrasal verbs 1; (in later use only) to present or offer (oneself or another) as.

To expose. Obsolete.

To lay open to (†into) the action or influence of.

In predicative use. to lay (also leave) open: to make vulnerable to; to expose or make subject to attack, criticism, etc.

transitive. To lead (a person) to a certain activity. Obsolete. rare.

In extended use: in a vulnerable position; exposed to attack. Frequently in to get (also put, have,etc.) on the run.