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Related to wide: Wide Awake
wide awake
Totally awake and/or alert. I'm exhausted today because I was wide awake until 3 AM, ugh. Don't worry, I'm wide awake to the possible repercussions of this decision.
wide of the mark
1. Literally, far from hitting a target. Wow, that shot was really wide of the mark. Is the ball even still on the green? Watch out, that arrow is going wide of the mark!
2. By extension, inaccurate or wrong. I never once said that! Your reporter is completely wide of the mark in her accusations. I thought I knew what real estate costs around here, but wow, I was wide of the mark.
wide open
1. Literally, completely open, as of a door or window. No wonder it's drafty in here—the window is wide open!
2. Having many possible outcomes or options available. With so many outstanding teams in the playoffs this year, the field is wide open. Now that you have your degree, the future's wide open to you!
3. slang In sports, far away from defenders and available to easily receive a pass. Come on, pass it to me, I'm wide open! Didn't you see that your receiver was wide open?
4. Going very fast; at full speed. We were wide open, man, and he passed us like we were parked. He must have been doing 120!
5. Extremely vulnerable to something. Not having a disclaimer leaves you wide open to lawsuits. The military officials knew that pulling out would leave the country wide open to civil war.
6. slang To be overrun with crime. Our city used to be wide open, until the new police commissioner started getting criminals off the streets.
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wide
mod. drug intoxicated. How’d you get so wide, man? What are you on?
McGraw-Hill's Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions Copyright © 2006 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved.
- a wide berth
- a wide boy
- all wool and a yard wide
- be wide of the mark
- be wide open
- be wide open to (something)
- be/fall wide of the mark
- blow (something) wide open
- blow something wide open
- blow the lid off
- blow wide open
- bust (someone or something) wide open
- bust someone wide open
- bust something wide open
- bust wide open
- by a wide margin
- cast (one's) net wide
- cast a wide net
- cast/spread your net wide
- come from far and wide
- crack (something) wide open
- cut a (wide) swath
- cut a (wide) swath, to
- cut a wide swath
- dead to the wide
- fall wide of the mark
- far and wide
- gain wide currency
- give (someone or something) a wide berth
- give a wide berth
- give a wide berth to (someone or something)
- give a wide berth to, to
- give somebody/something a wide berth
- give someone or something a wide berth
- give someone/something a wide berth
- go in(to something) with (one's) eyes (wide) open
- go in(to something) with eyes (wide) open
- go wide
- have one's nose wide open
- high, wide, and handsome
- into the wide blue yonder
- leave (someone, something, or oneself) (wide) open for (something)
- leave (someone, something, or oneself) (wide) open to (something)
- leave oneself wide open for
- leave yourself wide open to something
- make a wide stride
- off the mark
- open wide
- spread (one's) net wide
- spread far and wide
- the whole wide world
- the wide blue yonder
- whole wide world
- wide
- wide awake
- wide berth
- wide blue yonder
- wide boy
- wide currency
- wide of the mark
- wide open
- wide place in the road
- with (one's) eyes (wide) open
- with eyes (wide) open
- with eyes wide open
- with one's eyes wide open