Idiom
open season
Meaning
A situation or period in which some activity is routinely carried on.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“Once the boss left, it was open season for office gossip.”
“When the company announced the budget cuts, it became open season for rumors about who would lose their job.”
“Following the publication of the controversial report, it was open season for critics to attack the administration's policies from every possible angle.”
Examples
simple
“Once the boss left, it was open season for office gossip.”
contextual
“When the company announced the budget cuts, it became open season for rumors about who would lose their job.”
complex
“Following the publication of the controversial report, it was open season for critics to attack the administration's policies from every possible angle.”
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