Definition of wide open

wide open

adverb

• of a task, performing it as fast as physically possible.

  I was running wide open trying to finish that term paper.

  I ain't got but one speed, and that's wide open.

  Last edited on Oct 21 2013. Submitted by Campbell from Apex, NC, USA on Feb 01 1999.

expression

• Definition: An easy target; vulnerable. "The desperado rode into town, knowing that it was wide open."

  Last edited on Nov 15 2013. Submitted by Anonymous on Nov 15 2013.

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open up	Definitions include: to begin firing a firearm.
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open wound	Definitions include: female genitalia.
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Other terms relating to 'wide':
shut (one's) mouth wide open	Definitions include: to stop talking.
wide boy	Definitions include: young, fashionable, boisterous, streetwise male.
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