Definition of in plain view
chiefly US
:in a place that is easily seen
- He carried his gun in plain view.
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: complain
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: an extensive area of level or rolling treeless country
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: a broad unbroken expanse
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: something free from artifice, ornament, or extraneous matter
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: even, level
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: lacking ornament : undecorated
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: free of extraneous matter : pure
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: in a plain manner : without obscurity or ambiguity
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: absolutely
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: extent or range of vision : sight
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: the act of seeing or examining : inspection
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: a mode or manner of looking at or regarding something
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: to look at attentively : scrutinize, observe
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: see, watch
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: to look on in a particular light : regard
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