open wide

== English == === Pronunciation === === Verb === open wide (third-person singular simple present opens wide, present participle opening wide, simple past and past participle opened wide) (idiomatic, intransitive) To open one's mouth wide, to gape. 2017, Jennifer S. Holland, For These Monkeys, It’s a Fight for Survival., National Geographic (March 2017)[1] During my first day in the woods, Raoul, the big alpha male of Rambo II, opened wide to show me his dagger-sharp canines, then sauntered by and swatted my calf with a stick—letting me know my place in the social order. (Low.) Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see open,‎ wide. ==== Translations ==== === Anagrams === wide open