leave oneself wide open for

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.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
NergİS	-	Turkish
Inge	ING-e (Danish, Norwegian, Swedish), ING-gə (German), ING-ə (Dutch)	Danish, Norwegian, Swedish, German, Dutch
Europe	-	Greek Mythology
Yevgeniya	yev-GYE-nee-yah, eev-GYE-nee-yah	Russian
Ikram	-	Arabic
Aveline	AV-ə-lien, av-ə-LEEN	English (Rare)