in public

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in public

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In view of other people, who may be strangers. Don't you know it's rude to pick your nose in public?

Opposite: in private

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Opposite: in private

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prep_phrase in view of other people — see also publicly

Español	en público
中文	當眾 /当众 dāngzhòng, 公開地 /公开地 gōngkāi de, 在公共場合 /在公共场合 zài gōnggòng chǎnghé
Português	em público
Français	en public
Deutsch	in der Öffentlichkeit

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@misc{in_public_2026,
  title = {in public},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/in%20public},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}