out in the open

Idioms  

1. 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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Example Sentences

Rafael Arreaza, a prominent Venezuelan doctor volunteering help to the "Zona 7" families, says fasting is dangerous, especially in the kinds of conditions in which the hunger strikers find themselves: out in the open, breathing in dust and pollution.

From Barron's

I have to get out in the open.

From Literature

If I could run like other kids, I would have been out in the open in time.

From Literature

The whole afternoon felt that way, even though we were just a couple of raggedy farmers by a creek, and there was something about the taste of food cooked out in the open—I could see what he had meant.

From Literature

“Friends would. Just like you noticed my expression at the table this morning. But now that we’ve been straightforward, things are out in the open and there’s no awkwardness. Isn’t that a relief?”

From Literature

Related Words

• clear
• conspicuous
• discernible
• evident
• glaring
• noticeable
• overt
• palpable
• understandable
• unmistakable
• visible