wide-open

Speech parts

1. wide-open - Adjective

2. wide-open - Adjective Satellite

Meaning

lax in enforcing laws

open wide

Alternative names

wide open

Synonyms

Examples

I do like the ocean wave, actually. I'm born under the sign of Cancer - the sign of the crab - so I like coastal areas and sunny beaches and such - although not the wide-open and deep seas. Anjelica Huston

The man raised himself, fell down, and rose again. The wound that he had under his armor of filth was staining the ground, and when he had spoken, his wide-open eyes looked down at all the blood he had given for the healing of the world. Henri Barbusse

Faith, the least exclusive club on Earth, has the craftiest doorman. Every time I've stepped through its wide-open doorway, I find myself stepping out on the street again. David Mitchell (author)

Imagination is the wide-open eye which leads us always to see truth more vividly. Christopher Fry

You have to keep your mind as wide-open as your eyes, because almost nothing is what it seems. Jonathan Maberry

People knelt in prayer, some moving their lips. Envy 'em, really I do. I envy God, too, privy to their secrets. Faith, the least exclusive club on Earth, has the craftiest doorman. Every time I've stepped through its wide-open doorway, I find myself stepping out on the street. David Mitchell (author)

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