Meaning of open season | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A period of time during the calendar year when authorities within a jurisdiction permit the unrestricted hunting of one or more kinds of animal wildlife.
   countable, sometimes, uncountable
2. A situation in which someone is endangered, blamed, harassed, or opposed in a sustained manner by a number of others; a situation in which something is endangered or otherwise opposed.
   countable, figuratively, often, uncountable
3. A situation or period in which some activity is routinely carried on.
   countable, idiomatic, often, uncountable

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Examples

“"But there weren't many crabs in those days," the old man wandered on. "They were fished out, and they were great delicacies. The open season was only a month long, too."”

“In the country of the Clantons there was always an open season on any one of his name.”

“The court thus overruled all the states' protective laws, except against outright fraud, and declared open season on any products not protected by patents.”

“The paparazzi and gossip hounds have declared open season on celebrities.”

“On aviation, the Chancellor seemed to suggest it was open season for expanding airports across the UK, irrespective of the fact that flying is a major source of CO² in the atmosphere.”

“"My dear Miss Parker, this is the open season on terrible practical jokes."”

“The open season on culture in Manhattan used to begin with the first stroke of a Metropolitan Opera baton.”

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