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open door
noun
- the policy of admitting people of all nationalities or ethnic groups to a country upon equal terms, as for immigration.
- the policy or practice of trading with all nations on an equal basis.
- admission or access; unrestricted opportunity:
His experience had given him an open door to success in his field.
open door
noun
- a policy or practice by which a nation grants opportunities for trade to all other nations equally
- free and unrestricted admission
adjective
- open to all; accessible
- (in industrial relations) designating a policy of management being prepared to talk to workers in the office at any time
Other Words From
- open-door adjective
Word History and Origins
Origin of open door1
Example Sentences
The Kim regime—and certainly others—have surely noticed the open door.
We got to the landing and ran through the open door bin Laden entered.
The smell of death still emanates from the bathroom and chickens go back and forth through the open door.
Kenny Durkin stuck his head into the open door and yelled at me.
Two old men are sitting on the steps in front of the open door.
She thrust a bare, white arm from the curtain which shielded her open door, and received the cup from his hands.
Louis could not help seeing the lovely group, through the half-obscuring draperies of the open door.
She heard through the half-open door Mr. Orgreave's slippers on the tiles of the passage leading to the stairs.
Another female person, whom I put down as Madam Stone, arose and disappeared through an open door at my approach.
Once he had galloped up to the open door, looked in, spoken in a friendly way to her, and ridden on.
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