wide-o|pen

wide-o|pen
wide-o|pen «WYD OH puhn», adjective.
1. opened as much as possible; fully open.
2. lax in the enforcement of laws, especially those having to do with the sale of liquor, with gambling, and with prostitution: »

a wide-open town.


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