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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]

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Previously on the political fringes, the possibility of a unity crisis is now being discussed out in the open.

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McNamara: Having just attempted to write a second-season review while hemmed in with embargo rules, I confess I am relieved to have this not-very-secret development out in the open — if nothing else, I do not like lying to my daughters, even through omission, as they pelted me with questions about Pascal’s, I mean, Joel’s fate.

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The pain isn’t buried beneath gore or jump scares, it’s all out in the open.

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The pain isn’t buried beneath gore or jump scares, it’s all out in the open.

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Trump is running a lawless presidency right out in the open and announcing that fact practically every day because he has been given permission by the Supreme Court to ignore not only norms and traditions observed by previous presidents, but the law itself.

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