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throw open
Idioms and Phrases
Make more accessible, especially suddenly or dramatically, as in His withdrawal threw open the nomination to all comers . [Mid-1800s]Example Sentences
If you throw open the supper-room, early, and the guests go out when they wish, the march may be omitted.
For a few moments she hesitated, then mustered up courage enough to turn the key in the forbidden lock and throw open the door.
Throw open the sally-port; to the field, Sixtieths, to the field; pull not a trigger, lest ye kill my lambs!
Mary, who had been going over the house helping to throw open all the doors and windows, paused in the cheerful living-room.
Breed a bird in a cage, and rear it there, and at the age of maturity throw open the door.
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Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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