Close and Open wide

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Close verb - To position (something) so as to prevent passage through an opening.

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Open wide is an antonym for close.

Nearby Words: closed, closeness, closing, closely, closure

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Close is an antonym for open wide in open up topic.

Averted at the end of the same chapter, when the mortally wounded Guybrush's eyes open wide in a blank stare at a saddened Elaine, but then gently close as he collapses and "falls asleep" with his mouth open.

Source: Video Game / Tales of Monkey Island
Big Sleep: Almost averted at the end of Chapter 4, when the mortally wounded Guybrush's eyes open wide in a blank stare at a saddened Elaine (almost in a Dies Wide Open position), but then gently close as he collapses and "falls asleep" with his mouth open.

Source: Video Game / Tales of Monkey Island

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