open up
verb
opened up; opening up; opens up
1
: to make available or possible
The discovery opens up the possibility of new cures.
2
: to make plain or visible : disclose
3
: to open by cutting into
1
: to become available or possible
The hostess will let us know when a table opens up.
2
: to spread out or come into view
The road opens up ahead.
3
: to commence firing
4
: to become communicative
tried to get the patient to open up
Examples of open up in a Sentence
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On Tuesday, April 16, however, the Dance Moms alum opened up further about the intent behind her words while speaking to SiriusXM Hits 1.
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Jack Irvin, Peoplemag, 17 Apr. 2024
Yet at the same time, the door to an unlikely division title was opening up and the Panthers charged through it with their best period of the season.
—David Wilson, Miami Herald, 17 Apr. 2024
The company, which launched its first public offering last month, aims to open up an asset class to fans and other investors that previously was only available to the wealthiest investors.
—Elizabeth Dilts Marshall, Billboard, 17 Apr. 2024
On the other end comes lair Said’s ‘Most People Die on Sundays,’ opening up a unique to its generation guidebook that reveals all there is to know about the highs and lows of millennial existentialism, delivered through sincere yet unprecedented humour.
—Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 16 Apr. 2024
Two of Colstrip’s four coal units shut down in 2020 due to poor economics, opening up precious space on the plant’s power lines.
—Sammy Roth, Los Angeles Times, 16 Apr. 2024
After lockdown, the world opened up for the lucky laptop workers.
—Chloe Berger, Fortune, 16 Apr. 2024
On the Route of El Tren Maya: A new train in Mexico is opening up the Yucatán Peninsula, for better or worse.
—Maggie Jones Gabra Zackman Krish Seenivasan Ted Blaisdell, New York Times, 15 Apr. 2024
The move to open up the grounds appears to be part of a broader drive by the King to make royal residences more accessible.
—Billy Stockwell, CNN, 5 Apr. 2024
Jack Irvin, Peoplemag, 17 Apr. 2024
Yet at the same time, the door to an unlikely division title was opening up and the Panthers charged through it with their best period of the season.
—David Wilson, Miami Herald, 17 Apr. 2024
The company, which launched its first public offering last month, aims to open up an asset class to fans and other investors that previously was only available to the wealthiest investors.
—Elizabeth Dilts Marshall, Billboard, 17 Apr. 2024
On the other end comes lair Said’s ‘Most People Die on Sundays,’ opening up a unique to its generation guidebook that reveals all there is to know about the highs and lows of millennial existentialism, delivered through sincere yet unprecedented humour.
—Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 16 Apr. 2024
Two of Colstrip’s four coal units shut down in 2020 due to poor economics, opening up precious space on the plant’s power lines.
—Sammy Roth, Los Angeles Times, 16 Apr. 2024
After lockdown, the world opened up for the lucky laptop workers.
—Chloe Berger, Fortune, 16 Apr. 2024
On the Route of El Tren Maya: A new train in Mexico is opening up the Yucatán Peninsula, for better or worse.
—Maggie Jones Gabra Zackman Krish Seenivasan Ted Blaisdell, New York Times, 15 Apr. 2024
The move to open up the grounds appears to be part of a broader drive by the King to make royal residences more accessible.
—Billy Stockwell, CNN, 5 Apr. 2024
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