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open

 
 
/ˈəʊpən/ noun

Definition

in the open outside: We spent the night in the open.
bring sth out into the open to tell people information that was secret: [often passive] It's time this issue was brought out into the open.
(Definition of open noun from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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