phrase
General Slang
be wide
· phrase · irish
Be on your guard — keep your wits about you.
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Definitions
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Be careful, be alert, keep your wits about you. The kind of thing your da says before you head out on the lash, or a fella in the pub mutters about a dodgy bit of business. Tied directly to 'wide' meaning streetwise — to 'be wide' is to switch that mode on.
“Be wide with that crowd, they'll have the wallet off you before you sit down.”
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be wide In A Sentence
Be wide with that crowd, they'll have the wallet off you before you sit down.
Origin & Usage
Hiberno-English, derived from 'wide' meaning shrewd or knowing (19th century).
Variants
be wide to it
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