wide open

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wide open

adjective wider open · more wide open · widest open · most wide open · wide-open

Completely open. The front door was wide open.
idiomatic Having no laws or law enforcement. It was a wide open frontier town before the railroad came.
idiomatic Unsettled or unresolved. The fate of the loan sailor is still wide open.
idiomatic Vulnerable or unprotected. He left himself wide open to criticism.
Without the presence of opponents nearby. He was wide open and scored easily after receiving the pass.
Of the situation at the beginning of trading when there is a large spread between bids and asking prices.

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adj open completely

Español	de par en par
Français	grand ouvert
Ελληνικά	ορθάνοιχτος orthánoichtos
Русский	настежь nastežʹ

adj unresolved

Français	incertain

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@misc{wide_open_2026,
  title = {wide open},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/wide%20open},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}