open the door

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open the door

verb opens the door · opening the door · opened the door

  1. idiomatic To allow access or facilitate. the court's decision today opens the door to future partisan manipulations
  2. idiomatic Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see open, door.

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verb allow access or facilitate

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@misc{open_the_door_2026,
  title = {open the door},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/open%20the%20door},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}