(out) in/into the open
idiom
1
: in or to an area or place that is not covered or enclosed
We slept out in the open with nothing above us but the stars.
A deer walked out into the open.
food left out in the open
2
: in or into a situation in which something (such as a feeling) is no longer hidden or kept secret
Her true feelings were finally out in the open.
He rarely fought his political battles in the open.
Let's get everything out into the open. You've been lying to me, haven't you?
Examples of (out) in/into the open in a Sentence
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The violations ranged from a meat slicer that was not cleaned for five or six hours to large cuts of pastrami that were sitting out in the open and needed reheating.
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Kunle Falayi, The Arizona Republic, 10 Apr. 2024
Then with her relationship out in the open, Hadid took on the role of supportive girlfriend while Banuelos — an accomplished equestrian — competed at The American Performance Horseman by Teton Ridge in March.
—Hedy Phillips, Peoplemag, 9 Apr. 2024
As for those missing keys to the Tacoma, Troconis-Marmol says Troconis told her that the keys had been left out in the open, sticking out of the door of the truck.
—Erin Moriarty, CBS News, 6 Apr. 2024
Jesse and Christophe, holding hands, look on in fascinated awe—Jesse perhaps teaching the young Christophe the birds and the bees—while the couple, out in the open, displays no shyness.
—Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 5 Apr. 2024
And as Ars Technica noted in its exhaustive recap, the culprit had been working on the project out in the open.
—Amrita Khalid, The Verge, 2 Apr. 2024
So much waste, out in the open, has been a background feature in the city’s scenery for decades.
—Larry Buchanan, New York Times, 30 Mar. 2024
People were trapped in the open, incinerated, asphyxiated and strafed with machine-gun fire.
—Sebastian Smee, Washington Post, 15 Mar. 2024
The episode brought out into the open and made explicit for Fanon both the violence of colonialism and the necessary counterviolence of decolonization.
—Gal Beckerman, The Atlantic, 28 Mar. 2024
Kunle Falayi, The Arizona Republic, 10 Apr. 2024
Then with her relationship out in the open, Hadid took on the role of supportive girlfriend while Banuelos — an accomplished equestrian — competed at The American Performance Horseman by Teton Ridge in March.
—Hedy Phillips, Peoplemag, 9 Apr. 2024
As for those missing keys to the Tacoma, Troconis-Marmol says Troconis told her that the keys had been left out in the open, sticking out of the door of the truck.
—Erin Moriarty, CBS News, 6 Apr. 2024
Jesse and Christophe, holding hands, look on in fascinated awe—Jesse perhaps teaching the young Christophe the birds and the bees—while the couple, out in the open, displays no shyness.
—Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 5 Apr. 2024
And as Ars Technica noted in its exhaustive recap, the culprit had been working on the project out in the open.
—Amrita Khalid, The Verge, 2 Apr. 2024
So much waste, out in the open, has been a background feature in the city’s scenery for decades.
—Larry Buchanan, New York Times, 30 Mar. 2024
People were trapped in the open, incinerated, asphyxiated and strafed with machine-gun fire.
—Sebastian Smee, Washington Post, 15 Mar. 2024
The episode brought out into the open and made explicit for Fanon both the violence of colonialism and the necessary counterviolence of decolonization.
—Gal Beckerman, The Atlantic, 28 Mar. 2024
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