at large

by A. Makkai, M.T. Boatner, J.E. Gates

[at large] {adv.}

or {adj. phr.}

1. Not kept within walls, fences, or boundaries; free.

* /The killer remained at large for weeks./

Compare: AT LIBERTY.

* /Cattle and sheep roamed at large on the big ranch./

2. In a broad, general way; at length; fully.

* /The superintendent talked at large for an hour about his hopes for a new school building./

3. As a group rather than as individuals; as a whole; taken together.

* /The junior class at large was not interested in a senior yearbook./

4. As a representative of a whole political unit or area rather than one of its parts; from a city rather than one of its wards, or a state rather than one of its districts.

* /He was elected congressman at large./

* /Aldermen are voted for at large./

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	{adj. phr.} ⁴⁶⁹ {adv.} ¹⁵⁰

Source: A Dictionary of American Idioms

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