to blow wide open

Examples

• All

• Judging by the comic book, Season Three promises to see plenty of mind-blowing moments, as the entire world of Rick Grimes and his people is about to get blown wide open, just after they find their first real safe haven.

  Blog text (3)

• The investigation finally blew wide open when the whistleblower came forward with evidence.

• We say one word about it, and every case we ever brought in is going to blow wide open, and they'll all walk.

  Fiction book (2002)

• But first we got to get our hands on Jackie Boy's head before it gets to wherever it's going and then this whole situation blows wide open

  Sin City (2005)

• The affair blew wide open in August 1898 when he was arrested and cut his throat the same day in his prison cell.

  Academic text (2011)

• As a result of September's explosion, the EMS was blown wide open—and with it, the Maastricht dream of monetary union.

  Academic text (1993)

• When the documents were leaked, the entire scandal blew wide open, shocking everyone involved.

Synonyms

R

to reveal

vsto blow wide open

∞ 2.3

Show something that was hidden or secret

is sudden and makes the whole secret public at once

E

to expose

vsto blow wide open

342 4.1

Reveal hidden facts or bad actions to people

is sudden and makes the whole secret public at once

U

to uncover

vsto blow wide open

243 3.5

Reveal secret facts to the public

is sudden and makes the whole secret public at once

L

to leak

vsto blow wide open

219 4.1

To tell secret information to the public without permission

is sudden and makes the whole secret public at once

U

to unveil

vsto blow wide open

109 4.1

To make something known for the first time

is sudden and makes the whole secret public at once

T

to tell all

vsto blow wide open

• Literature

47 5.6

Say all private things about a person or event

is sudden and makes everything public at once

B

to bring to light

vsto blow wide open

20 3.7

To show facts that were hidden before

is sudden and makes the whole secret public at once

B

to blow the lid off

vsto blow wide open

• Literature

8 6.8

Reveal secret information that shocks people

is sudden and makes the whole secret public at once

B

to bring out

vsto blow wide open

8 3.7

Make secret information known to the public

is sudden and makes the whole secret public at once

D

to disclose

vsto blow wide open

7 4.0

Make something visible by removing a cover

is sudden and makes the whole secret public at once

D

to drop a bombshell

vsto blow wide open

4 5.5

To suddenly tell people something very surprising that shocks them

is sudden and makes the whole secret public at once

L

to lift the veil

vsto blow wide open

4 7.1

To reveal information that was previously hidden

is sudden and makes the whole secret public at once

D

to drop the bomb

vsto blow wide open

3 6.2

To tell people shocking news suddenly

is sudden and makes the whole secret public at once

L

to lay bare

vsto blow wide open

2 5.5

To show something hidden so people can see it

is sudden and makes the whole secret public at once

U

to unwrap

vsto blow wide open

2 4.4

To tell people about something secret

is sudden and makes the whole secret public at once

U

to uncloak

vsto blow wide open

1 7.7

To make something hidden become visible by removing a cover or showing the truth

is sudden and makes the whole secret public at once

E

to explode a bombshell

vsto blow wide open

• Informal

7.7

Make a shocking announcement that surprises people

is sudden and makes the whole secret public at once

Antonyms

C

to conceal

282 3.7

To hide something so others cannot see or find it

K

to keep a secret

76 2.6

To not tell anyone private information

How Revealed

to blow wide open

• Literature

1 6.5

to reveal

∞ 2.3

to leak

219 4.1

hint

229 1.5

Surface Forms

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Etymology