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Vocabulary

The grim wide open

"Jon Lovett, a former speechwriter for Barack Obama, tweeted: “My stomach dropped when I saw the Bannon news, but not because I was surprised. It’s just our worst fears in the grim wide open ... With a white nationalist senior advisor, Trump is not just ignoring the impact of his rhetoric – he is actively terrifying the country.”" (The Guardian.)

What does the noun phrase "the grim wide open" exactly mean in the context above?
  

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"the wide open" literally means a large open space, but here refers to the realm of what is visible or public. "grim" has its usual meaning and modifies "wide open".

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  • "the wide open" literally means a large open space, but here refers to the realm of what is visible or public.
  • "grim" has its usual meaning and modifies "wide open".
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"the wide open" literally means a large open space, but here refers to the realm of what is visible or public.

"grim" has its usual meaning and modifies "wide open".
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