A false, contrived, or assumed purpose or reason; a pretense.
To employ a pretext, which involves using a false or contrived purpose for soliciting the gain of something else.
To remove one's hat or cap as a mark of respect.
To reveal the identity of.
To expose the genitalia.
To remove a cover from.
To show openly; to disclose; to reveal.
To expose (lines of formation of troops) successively by the wheeling to right or left of the lines in front.