"in plain sight" meaning in English

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Prepositional phrase

Audio: en-au-in plain sight.ogg [Australia]
Head templates: {{head|en|prepositional phrase|head=}} in plain sight, {{en-PP}} in plain sight
  1. (idiomatic) very easy to see or notice especially when it is supposed to be hidden Tags: idiomatic Related terms: hide in plain sight, hidden in plain sight Translations (very easy to see or notice): a plena llum (Catalan), a ulls veients (Catalan), i det åbne (Danish), täysin avoimesti (Finnish), au vu et au su de tous (French), à la vue de tous (French), a ollos vistos (Galician), offen sichtbar (German), deutlich sichtbar (German), klar erkennbar (German), für jedermann sichtbar (German), 𐌰𐌽𐌳𐌰𐌿𐌲𐌹𐌱𐌰 (andaugiba) (Gothic), in bella vista (Italian), in piena luce (Italian), na widoku (Polish), a ojos vistas (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-in_plain_sight-en-prep_phrase-DGZVBi9o Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

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          "code": "ca",
          "lang": "Catalan",
          "sense": "very easy to see or notice",
          "word": "a plena llum"
        },
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          "code": "ca",
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          "sense": "very easy to see or notice",
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          "code": "fi",
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          "sense": "very easy to see or notice",
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          "code": "fr",
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          "sense": "very easy to see or notice",
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          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "very easy to see or notice",
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          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
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          "code": "de",
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          "sense": "very easy to see or notice",
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          "sense": "very easy to see or notice",
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          "sense": "very easy to see or notice",
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          "sense": "very easy to see or notice",
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          "sense": "very easy to see or notice",
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      "code": "ca",
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      "sense": "very easy to see or notice",
      "word": "a ulls veients"
    },
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      "code": "da",
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      "sense": "very easy to see or notice",
      "word": "i det åbne"
    },
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      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "very easy to see or notice",
      "word": "täysin avoimesti"
    },
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      "sense": "very easy to see or notice",
      "word": "au vu et au su de tous"
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      "sense": "very easy to see or notice",
      "word": "à la vue de tous"
    },
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      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "very easy to see or notice",
      "word": "a ollos vistos"
    },
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      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "very easy to see or notice",
      "word": "offen sichtbar"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "very easy to see or notice",
      "word": "deutlich sichtbar"
    },
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      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "very easy to see or notice",
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    },
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      "sense": "very easy to see or notice",
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    },
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      "sense": "very easy to see or notice",
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    },
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      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "very easy to see or notice",
      "word": "in piena luce"
    },
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      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "very easy to see or notice",
      "word": "na widoku"
    },
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