open up

verb

1. intr to start firing a gun or guns
2. intr to speak freely or without restraint
3. informal.
   intr (of a motor vehicle) to accelerate
4. tr to render accessible

   the motorway opened up the remoter areas

5. to make or become more exciting or lively

   the game opened up after half-time

Example Sentences

“He was new,” running back Woody Marks said, “so he really didn’t feel ready to open up.”

From Los Angeles Times

“Somebody would open up a can, for example, meats and gravy,” she says.

From BBC

Trump has only just begun filling out the thousands of jobs that open up with a new presidential administration, not including the senior-level career bureaucrats he has said he will replace.

From BBC

But over the past month, Israel has met America’s request to open up more crossings into Gaza.

From BBC

I also planned to open up my first restaurant.

From Salon

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