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open

3 noun
     
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1

in the open

outdoors:
In the summer, we camped in the open.
2

(out) in the open

information that is out in the open is not hidden or secret:
By now the whole affair was in the open.
She never let her dislike for him come out into the open.
All these concerns need to be brought out into the open.
Definition from the Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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