Definition of "wide open" in Englisch

Adjective

1. Completely open.

   • The front door was wide open.

2. Having no laws or law enforcement.

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

3. Unsettled or unresolved.

   • The fate of the loan sailor is still wide open.

4. Vulnerable or unprotected.

   • He left himself wide open to criticism.

5. Without the presence of opponents nearby.

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

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