wide open

Adjective

wide open (comparative wider open or more wide open, superlative widest open or most wide open)

1. Completely open.
   • The front door was wide open.
   • It was a bright, sunny morning, and the windows stood wide open.1921 June, Margery Williams, “The Velveteen Rabbit: Or How Toys Become Real”, in Harper’s Bazar, volume LVI, number 6 (2504 overall), New York, N.Y.: International Magazine Company, →ISSN, →OCLC
2. (idiomatic) Having no laws or law enforcement.
   • It was a wide open frontier town before the railroad came.
   • One hundred thirty-eight sellers and buyers were jailed. Even efforts like that were to no avail in a wide-open town where rackets flourished […]2001, Monroe Dodd, Christmastime in Kansas City, page 85
3. (idiomatic) Unsettled or unresolved.
   • The fate of the loan sailor is still wide open.
4. (idiomatic) 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.