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adjective
1.
opened to the full extent: a wide-open window.
2.
lacking laws or strict enforcement of laws concerning liquor, vice, gambling, etc.: a wide-open town.
Origin:
1850–55
1850–55
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Wide-open
is always a great word to know.
So is gobo. Does it mean:
| a children's mummer's parade, as on the Fourth of July, with prizes for the best costumes. |
| a screen or mat covered with a dark material for shielding a camera lens from excess light or glare. |
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World English Dictionary
| wide-open | |
| —adj | |
| 1. | open to the full extent |
| 2. | (postpositive) exposed to attack; vulnerable |
| 3. | uncertain as to outcome |
| 4. | informal (US) (of a town or city) lax in the enforcement of certain laws, esp those relating to the sale and consumption of alcohol, gambling, the control of vice, etc |
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