Open Up

Verb1.open up - cause to open or to become open; "Mary opened the car door"
unbar - remove a bar from (a door, for example)
break open - open with force; "He broke open the the picnic basket"
click open - open with a clicking sound; "These keys have clicked open many doors"
reopen - open again or anew; "They reopened the theater"
unlock - open the lock of; "unlock the door"
unbolt - undo the bolt of; "unbolt the door"
unseal - break the seal of; "He unsealed the letter"
uncork - draw the cork from (bottles); "uncork the French wine"
jimmy, lever, prise, pry, prize - to move or force, especially in an effort to get something open; "The burglar jimmied the lock", "Raccoons managed to pry the lid off the garbage pail"
gap, breach - make an opening or gap in
lance - open by piercing with a lancet; "lance a boil"
2.open up - become available; "an opportunity opened up"
come up, arise - occur; "A slight unpleasantness arose from this discussion"
3.open up - make available; "This opens up new possibilities"
yield, afford, give - be the cause or source of; "He gave me a lot of trouble"; "Our meeting afforded much interesting information"
4.open up - open up an area or prepare a way; "She pioneered a graduate program for women students"
innovate, introduce - bring something new to an environment; "A new word processor was introduced"
5.open up - start to operate or function or cause to start operating or functioning; "open a business"
establish, found, launch, set up - set up or found; "She set up a literacy program"
6.open up - become open; "The door opened"
change state, turn - undergo a transformation or a change of position or action; "We turned from Socialism to Capitalism"; "The people turned against the President when he stole the election"
unfasten - become undone or untied; "The shoelaces unfastened"
fly open - come open suddenly; "the doors flew open in the stroang gust"
7.open up - talk freely and without inhibition
mouth, speak, talk, verbalise, verbalize, utter - express in speech; "She talks a lot of nonsense"; "This depressed patient does not verbalize"
be quiet, belt up, button up, clam up, keep mum, shut up, close up, dummy up - refuse to talk or stop talking; fall silent; "The children shut up when their father approached"

 

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