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blow wide open

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blow something wide open and bust something wide open
Sl. to expose corrupt practices or a secret plan; to put an end to corruption. The press is trying to blow the town wide open, and the feds are trying to hush them up so they can move about in secret. I'm going to bust this racket wide open.
See also: blow, open, wide
blow something wide open 
1. to make it impossible to guess who will win a competition She was the favourite to win, so her withdrawal has blown the election wide open.
2. to make something that someone is trying to achieve fail completely, often by telling people something which should have been a secret He's threatening to blow the whole operation wide open if we don't give him a bigger share of the profits.
See also: blow, open, wide
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It's a different challenge and it's going to be hard, but anything can happen if you are in the right move at the right time - races can blow wide open.
Cycling: Top 20 target; Ex-Wheeler Baxter has big Premier ambitions by Evening Gazette (Middlesbrough, England)
This newspaper will give every ounce of support to your efforts to blow wide open this abhorrent activity.
Paul Starling column: HELP END EVIL by The Mirror (London, England)
And Ellis's tough stance is threatening to blow wide open the chairman/manager rift which has flared up several times in the past.
GUNNERS SET FOR BARRY BID by Sunday Mercury (Birmingham, England)
 
 
 
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