open up
(intr) to start firing a gun or guns
(intr) to speak freely or without restraint
(intr) informal (of a motor vehicle) to accelerate
(tr) to render accessible: the motorway opened up the remoter areas
to make or become more exciting or lively: the game opened up after half-time
Words Nearby open up
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How to use open up in a sentence
Some of them would open up deep splits in core Democratic constituencies.
Thank Congress, Not LBJ for Great Society | Julian Zelizer, Scott Porch | January 4, 2015 | THE DAILY BEASTMany advocates want those changed, adjusted, or bolstered, and the only way to do that is to open up the bill and reauthorize it.
To GOP Congress, as Usual, It’s Welfare on the Chopping Block | Monica Potts | December 25, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThey open up about the state of the music industry, Taylor Swift and Miley, and overcoming tragedy.
Revenge of the Rock Nerds: TV on the Radio’s Long Road to ‘Seeds’ | Marlow Stern | December 3, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTOver the next few years, a chasm would open up between the Party and the KGB, culminating with the failed coup in August 1991.
How the Fall of the Berlin Wall Radicalized Putin | Masha Gessen | November 9, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST“They are not able to open up easily,” she says, when they first come to her.
They still more soften the feelings and open up the sources of grief.
The Ladies' Book of Etiquette, and Manual of Politeness | Florence Hartley"I hae lost my contracts, sir," began Sanny, not knowing how else to open up the subject.
The Underworld | James C. WelshThis line would open up a country of boundless timber and mineral resources, and might well create many a fresh industry.
Menotah | Ernest G. HenhamIn a few minutes this side will open up and the spray can be inhaled through it freely back into the throat.
The Treatment of Hay Fever | George Frederick LaidlawIt's more than the Bar-O folks need, but there's no one else, unless I bring in sheep men and open up an old controversy.
David Lannarck, Midget | George S. Harney
Other Idioms and Phrases with open up
Spread out, unfold, as in A green valley opened up before us. [Early 1800s]
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