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.

wide

mod. drug intoxicated. How’d you get so wide, man? What are you on?

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North Naples-resident and former Wall Street businessman James Sperzel opened the doors of City Wide of Fort Myers this month at 11220 Metro Parkway (Suite 20).

City Wide opens Fort Myers office

In the same quarter last year, Wolverine World Wide reported EPS of 54 cents on revenue of $566.90 million.

Wolverine World Wide's Q2 Earnings Outlook

| The World Wide Web was almost called something completely different: Sir Tim considered a number of name options before settling on World Wide Web.

'NOT THE INTERNET': 30 YEARS OF THE WEB

“The launch of our joint venture with Vimeo has great potential to accelerate the exposure and monetizing of many of our library titles, which is very exciting,” states Paul Hancock, President and CEO of World Wide Motion Pictures.

World Wide Motion Pictures Corporation Premieres Content via Vimeo

52: McQuoid heads wide after Finch's surging run allows O'Brien and Swanson to work an opening.

CLOCKWATCH

papei has A4 fully 4.0x as long as wide, 1.7x as long as A3, mesoscutum evenly setose, mesopleuron with wrinkles in upper third, and fore wing only 3.2x as long as wide and with unusually thick microtrichia.

New species and new records of Platygastrinae and Sceliotrachelinae from Togo (Hymenoptera: Platygastridae)

In those returns, Beg fraudulently added advance earned income credit (EIC) payments that significantly reduced City Wide's tax liabilities.

Statute of limitation tolled by fraudulent tax returns

Jon Grinspan, a doctoral candidate at the University of Virginia, writes that historians have not paid enough attention to the role played by a movement called the Wide Awakes in setting the scene for these events.

Lincoln's rabble-rousers

The highest gain in expected genetic advance both in narrow (121.91%), and wide (106.15%) intra-row plant spacings, was obtained when selection was based on Index 1, which incorporated information of all five traits.

Effect of intrarow plant spacing on the effectiveness of family selection in sugarcane: selection indices/Efecto de la distancia entre plantas en la eficiencia en la seleccion de familias de cana de azucar: indices de seleccion/Efeito do espacamento entre touceiras na eficiencia na selecao de familias de cana-de-acucar: indices de selecao

Oakley's header went wide and Pearce provided some quality passes.

Thornaby

From wide imaging to telephoto power: the new, smarter generation of Digital IXUS Hi-res versions of these and other images can be downloaded from http://www.canon-europe.com/press_centre/product_information/cameras_accessories/index.aspCanon Middle East today updates its Digital IXUS range with two exciting new models: the Digital IXUS 110 IS and the Digital IXUS 990 IS.

From wide imaging to telephoto power: the new, smarter generation of Digital IXUS

Dioptase on Calcite Tsumeb, Namibia 2 1/4" wide ex-collections H.

Wilensky fine minerals