"make no secret of" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: makes no secret of [present, singular, third-person], making no secret of [participle, present], made no secret of [participle, past], made no secret of [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|<,,made>}} make no secret of (third-person singular simple present makes no secret of, present participle making no secret of, simple past and past participle made no secret of)
  1. To be open about; to make one's feelings clear.
    Sense id: en-make_no_secret_of-en-verb-vcYQieVk Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

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