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Also, out into the open . In or into public view or knowledge, as in I wish he wouldn't talk behind our backs but bring his complaints out in the open , or It's important to bring the merger plans out into the open . This term uses open to mean “an unconcealed state.” [c. 1940]

Related Words

clear
conspicuous
discernible
evident
glaring
noticeable
overt
palpable
understandable
unmistakable
visible

Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023

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