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Phrase(s): come out in(to) the open [and] come (out) into the open
1. Lit. [for someone or something] to move from a concealed position to an open area. • Sooner or later, she will have to come out in the open. • The deer finally came into the open. 2. Fig. [for someone who has been hiding] to appear in public. • The thief came out into the open and was recognized by one of the witnesses to the crime. • The FBI agents finally came into the open., Phrase(s): come out in the open
Go to out in the open.
McGrawhill's American Idioms And Phrasal Verbs