Meanings
How to pronounce "open season":
AU
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.
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.
A situation or period in which some activity is routinely carried on.
Example Sentences
1
Hunters eagerly await the start of open season to pursue their game.
2
After the scandal, it felt like it was open season on the politician with constant criticism and attacks.
3
Once the project was announced, it became open season for competitors to pitch their ideas.
4
During the summer months, it's open season for tourists to visit popular destinations.
5
In politics, election time is open season for mudslinging and negative campaigning.