wide open

comparative wider open · comparative more wide open · superlative widest open · superlative most wide open · alternative wide-open

1. Completely open.

   The front door was wide open.

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   It was a bright, sunny morning, and the windows stood wide open.

   1921 June, Margery Williams, “The Velveteen Rabbit: Or How Toys Become Real”, in Harper’s Bazar, volume LVI, number 6 (2504 overall), New York, N.Y.: International Magazine Company, →ISSN, →OCLC

2. idiomaticHaving no laws or law enforcement.

   It was a wide open frontier town before the railroad came.

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   One hundred thirty-eight sellers and buyers were jailed. Even efforts like that were to no avail in a wide-open town where rackets flourished […]

   2001, Monroe Dodd, Christmastime in Kansas City, page 85

3. idiomaticUnsettled or unresolved.

   The fate of the loan sailor is still wide open.

4. idiomaticVulnerable or unprotected.

   He left himself wide open to criticism.

5. hobbiesWithout the presence of opponents nearby.

   He was wide open and scored easily after receiving the pass.

6. businessOf the situation at the beginning of trading when there is a large spread between bids and asking prices.