EGAVE

wide-open

Meaning

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

Similar words

lawless open unfastened unlawful blank broad extensive general great large

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