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in plain sight

American  
[in pleyn sahyt] / ɪn ˈpleɪn ˈsaɪt /

idiom

  1. in a place or manner that is clearly visible.

    Some of your best home decor pieces are hiding in plain sight right in your kitchen.

    This cheat is operating in plain sight, fooling everybody and getting away with it.

Example Sentences

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“It’s hard to see what’s hidden in plain sight. You can’t blame yourself for being blind to it.”

From Literature

In understanding why it did so, I tend to think its ultimate secret may be hiding in plain sight.

From The Wall Street Journal

Zimbabwe's "multi-element" geology makes it easy for valuable minerals to be hidden in plain sight, he said.

From Barron's

Hidden in plain sight, an ambush bug nymph waits motionless inside a flower in Michigan.

From BBC

But the killer was hiding in plain sight – McCullagh was not only at the rally but he had put together a montage of home videos of Natalie, which were displayed on big screens.

From BBC

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