Verb open up has 7 senses
- open, open up - cause to open or to become open; "Mary opened the car door"
Sample sentence:
They want to open up the doors
- open, open up - become available; "an opportunity opened up"
--2 is one way to arise, come up
Sample sentence:
Something ----s
- open, open up - make available; "This opens up new possibilities"
--3 is one way to yield, give, afford
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
- pioneer, open up - open up an area or prepare a way; "She pioneered a graduate program for women students"
--4 is one way to introduce, innovate
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something
- open, open up - start to operate or function or cause to start operating or functioning; "open a business"
Sample sentence:
The business is going to open up
- open, open up - become open; "The door opened"
--6 is one way to change state, turn
Sample sentence:
The doors open up
- open up - talk freely and without inhibition
--7 is one way to talk, speak, utter, mouth, verbalize, verbalise
Antonyms: close up, clam up, dummy up, shut up, belt up, button up, be quiet, keep mum
Sample sentence:
Sam and Sue open up
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