open up
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(verb) talk freely and without inhibition |
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Related Words: mouth, speak, talk, utter, verbalize |
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Antonyms: close up |
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(verb) make available, as of an opportunity; "This opens up new possibilities" |
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Synonyms: open |
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Related Words: afford, give, yield |
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(verb) become available; "an opportunity opened up" |
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Synonyms: open |
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Related Words: arise, come up |
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(verb) cause to open or to become open; "Mary opened the car door" |
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Synonyms: open |
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Related Words: breach, break open, click open, gap, jimmy, lance, lever, prise, prize, pry, reopen, unbar, unbolt, uncork, unlock, unseal |
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(verb) become open; "The door opened" |
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Synonyms: open |
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Related Words: change state, fly open, turn, unfasten |
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(verb) open up an area or prepare a way; "She pioneered a graduate program for women students" |
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Synonyms: pioneer |
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Related Words: innovate, introduce |
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(verb) start to operate or function or cause to start operating or functioning; "open a business" |
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Synonyms: open |
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Related Words: establish, found, launch, set up |
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