out in the open

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]

Example Sentences

Together, they start to embrace their more ruthless tendencies out in the open, and when given the choice to return to their original world, they opt to stay as citizens of Borderland, where they can presumably have fun running sadistic games.

From Salon

Right out in the open,” former GOP Congressman Joe Walsh wrote on X in response to the ABC News report.

From Salon

Many residents are now sleeping out in the open and need tents, Matiullah adds.

From BBC

It’s as awful as one would expect: people out in the open taking a direct hit from a tank shell.

From Slate

“Once upon a time, you were embarrassed to be publicly racist and out there with conspiracy theories. Now it’s all out in the open because he allowed it,” Simmons said in a 2022 interview with Spin.

From Salon

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