- open secret
- noun Date: 1828 a supposedly secret but generally known matter
New Collegiate Dictionary. 2001.
open secret
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open secret — open secrets N COUNT If you refer to something as an open secret, you mean that it is supposed to be a secret, but many people know about it. It s an open secret that the security service bugged telephones … English dictionary
open secret — An open secret is something that is supposed to be secret but is common knowledge … The small dictionary of idiomes
open secret — noun count something that should be secret but is not because a lot of people know about it … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
open secret — ► NOUN ▪ a supposed secret that is in fact known to many people … English terms dictionary
open secret — n. something supposed to be secret but known to almost everyone … English World dictionary
Open secret — An open secret is a concept or idea that is officially secret or restricted in knowledge, but is actually widely known; or refers to something which is widely known to be true, but which none of the people most intimately concerned are willing to … Wikipedia
open secret — {n.} Something that is supposed to be a secret but that everyone knows. * /It is an open secret that Mary and John are engaged./ * /Who will be appointed as the next president of the college is an open secret./ … Dictionary of American idioms
open secret — {n.} Something that is supposed to be a secret but that everyone knows. * /It is an open secret that Mary and John are engaged./ * /Who will be appointed as the next president of the college is an open secret./ … Dictionary of American idioms
open secret — noun something that is supposed to be secret but is generally known their love affair was an open secret • Hypernyms: ↑secret * * * noun, pl ⋯ crets [count] : something that many people know about but that is supposed to be a secret It s an open… … Useful english dictionary
open secret — UK / US noun [countable] Word forms open secret : singular open secret plural open secrets something that should be secret but is not because a lot of people know about it … English dictionary
open\ secret — noun Something that is supposed to be a secret but that everyone knows. It is an open secret that Mary and John are engaged. Who will be appointed as the next president of the college is an open secret … Словарь американских идиом
