wide%20open

adjective

1. 1

   Completely open

   “The front door was wide open.”

2. 2

   Having no laws or law enforcement

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

3. 3

   Unsettled or unresolved

   “The fate of the loan sailor is still wide open.”

4. 4

   Vulnerable or unprotected

   “He left himself wide open to criticism.”

5. 5

   Without the presence of opponents nearby

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

6. 6

   Of the situation at the beginning of trading when there is a large spread between bid and ask prices