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Phrase(s): 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.
McGrawhill's American Idioms And Phrasal Verbs