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Definition of "wide-open" []

  • Completely open: a wide-open door. (adjective)
  • Being without laws or law enforcement: a wide-open frontier town. (adjective)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "wide-open" in a sentence
  • "When it's clear out, that's called 'wide-open visual.'"
  • "With Carolina in a Tampa-2 and his receivers covered, Manning properly checks down to wide-open running back Ahmad Bradshaw—who doesn't catch the totally catchable ball and instead tips it to linebacker James Anderson."
  • "This creates a wide-open hole for Anthony, who can either shoot or pass to his big man."