open secret
An "open secret" refers to information that is widely recognized but not formally acknowledged.
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(common, informal)Information that many people know but is not officially admitted.
Example
- It's an open secret that the manager is planning to leave the company.
- Their relationship was an open secret in the office.
Similar
Terms that have similar or relatively close meanings to "open secret":
top secretopen bookopen fanopen doorstate secretopen sourcein the opensub rosafull disclosurecommon knowledgeopen systemopen invitationopen accessopen washon the down-low