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Phrase(s): leave oneself wide open for something [and] leave oneself wide open to something
Fig. 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.
McGrawhill's American Idioms And Phrasal Verbs