open letter

open letter {n. phr.}

A public message in the form of a letter addressed to a particular person or to a group.

There was an open letter to the president of the United States in today's morning paper.

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[letter] See: [CHAIN LETTER], [NIGHT LETTER], [TO THE LETTER]. A Dictionary of American Idioms

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