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open-carry en · VERB

Meanings

  1. (intransitive, transitive) To visibly carry a firearm in a public space.
    • The police said that his gun was "plainly visible", and they seemed to imply that he was open-carrying. 2012 July 31, Mike_Fontenot, “Re: So Much For CC Permits”, in rec.guns (Usenet):
    • Everyone in the crowd conspicuously open carried a weapon, making sure to let everyone around them know that they were packing. 2019 April 18, Thomas Harper, Incarnate: Essence, Thomas Harper, →ISBN, page 115:

Forms

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open-carries Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
open-carrying Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
open-carried Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
open-carried Tense=Past lexicographic