English-Swedish translations for wide open

• vidöppen
  Nu kanske vi lämnar dörren vidöppen för missbruk.Now we may be leaving the door wide open to abuse.
  Dörren lämnades därmed vidöppen för total spekulation.The door was thus left wide open for total speculation.
  Man sade oss att dagordningen skulle begränsas till endast fyra frågor och nu står det klart att den är vidöppen.We were told that it would be restricted to just four subjects and now it is clear that the agenda is wide open.

Definition of wide open

• completely open
• having no laws or law enforcement
• unsettled or unresolved
• vulnerable or unprotected
• without the presence of opponents nearby
• of the situation at the beginning of trading when there is a large spread between bid and ask prices

Examples

• The front door was wide open.
• It was a wide open frontier town before the railroad came.
• The fate of the loan sailor is still wide open.
• He left himself wide open to criticism.
• He was wide open and scored easily after receiving the pass.

Related words

• open wide
• open ones mouth too wide
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