wide open

adj — 6 senses

wide open

adj

1

Completely open.

The front door was wide open.
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

Idiomatic Having no laws or law enforcement.

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

Idiomatic Unsettled or unresolved.

The fate of the loan sailor is still wide open.

4

Idiomatic Vulnerable or unprotected.

He left himself wide open to criticism.

5

Hobbies, Lifestyle, Sports Without the presence of opponents nearby.

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

6

Business, Finance Of the situation at the beginning of trading when there is a large spread between bids and asking prices.

Derived terms: blow wide open, with arms wide open
Related terms: in the open, open field, open season, open wide

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