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*in the open

in the outdoors; in an area that is not closed in. (*Typically: be ~; put something ~.) John's bike was stolen because he left it out in the open. Mary loves gardening because she loves to be in the open.

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asked the large youth, framing himself in the open doorway. Beyond the City by Doyle, Sir Arthur Conan View in context All else was so quiet, that the flambeau carried up the steps, and the other flambeau held at the great door, burnt as if they were in a close room of state, instead of being in the open night-air. A Tale Of Two Cities by Dickens, Charles View in context We looked about us uncertain whither to direct our steps, since the path we had so far followed appeared to be lost in the open space around us. Typee by Melville, Herman View in context			in the lap of luxury in the laundry in the light of in the line of duty in the line of fire in the long run in the long term in the loop in the main in the mainstream in the making in the market in the market for in the meantime in the meanwhile in the middle of in the middle of nowhere in the midst of in the money in the mood in the name of in the near future in the neighborhood of in the nick of time in the offing in the open in the palm of hand in the picture in the pink in the pipeline in the poorhouse in the prime of life in the process of in the public eye in the raw in the rear in the red in the right in the right place at the right time in the road in the rough in the running in the saddle in the same ballpark in the same boat in the same breath in the same league in the scheme of things in the second place in the shadow of in the short run			In the Mouth of Madness in the name of in the name of in the name of in the name of in the name of in the name of In the Name of Christ In the Name of Love In the Near Future In the Near Future in the neighborhood in the neighborhood in the neighborhood in the neighborhood of in the neighborhood of In the News in the next breath in the next breath in the next breath in the next breath in the nick of time in the nick of time in the nick of time in the nick of time in the nude in the offing in the offing in the offing in the offing in the open In the Opinion of the Referee in the opposite scale In The Out World in the palm of hand in the past In the person of in the picture In the Pink In the Pink In the Pink (disambiguation) in the pipeline in the poorhouse in the power of in the presence of In the Presence of Positive Women in the prime of life in the process of in the public domain in the public eye in the public eye in the public eye in the public eye in the public eye in the raw in the raw in the raw in the raw in the raw In the Real World in the rear

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