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Open up Very Common

Open up has 8 different meanings across 1 category:

Verb

Definitions
Verb
1

cause to open or to become open

"Mary opened the car door"

2

become available

"an opportunity opened up"

3

make available

"This opens up new possibilities"

4

open up an area or prepare a way

"She pioneered a graduate program for women students"

5

start to operate or function or cause to start operating or functioning

"open a business"

6

become open

"The door opened"

7

talk freely and without inhibition

8

To open.

Example Sentences
"Mary opened the car door" verb
"an opportunity opened up" verb
"This opens up new possibilities" verb
"She pioneered a graduate program for women students" verb
"open a business" verb
"The door opened" verb
Related Terms
Antonyms
shut fold clam up
Broader Terms (hypernyms)
arise yield introduce change state talk
Narrower Terms (hyponyms)
unbar break open click open reopen unlock unbolt unseal uncork pry gap lance establish unfasten fly open
Rhyming Words
2 up 7 up 1 up on up go up ey up re up do up tug up tee up bid up bag up end up eye up fog up fed up ton up rig up man up ice up
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