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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Other terms relating to 'open':
eye-opener	Definitions include: an event that makes one realize the truth about something.
keep (one's) eyes open	Definitions include: to look out for something.
Kennywood's open	Definitions include: This term means "Your fly (zipper) is open".
leg opener	Definitions include: something that leads to a female opening her legs.
(one's) garage door is open	Definitions include: a person's fly is open.
open	Definitions include: interested in someone romantically.
open a can of pwnage	Definitions include: to defeat soundly.
open a can of whoop *ss	Definitions include: to beat someone up.
open a can of whup *ss	Definitions include: to beat someone up.
open minded	Definitions include: having bisexual tendencies. [AC-DC] [bi] [switch-hitter]
open (one's) legs	Definitions include: of a woman, to receive sex.
open the kimono	Definitions include: to share business details.
open up	Definitions include: to begin firing a firearm.
open up a can of whoop-*ss	Definitions include: beat, physically
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.
World Wide Wait, the	Definitions include: disparaging term for the world wide web.

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