at large
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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Source: A Dictionary of American Idioms
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