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CAN OF WORMS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does can of worms mean?
• CAN OF WORMS (noun)
The noun CAN OF WORMS has 1 sense:
1. a source of unpredictable trouble and complexity
Familiarity information: CAN OF WORMS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A source of unpredictable trouble and complexity
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Hypernyms ("can of worms" is a kind of...):
problem; trouble (a source of difficulty)
Domain usage:
colloquialism (a colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech)
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