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    CAN OF WORMS

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    A source of unpredictable trouble and complexityplay

    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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