open doors (to (someone/something))

to provide new opportunities or possibilities.

These days, it's cable TV that is opening doors to talented young people and giving them a chance to succeed.

When I was a student, a college diploma was guaranteed to open doors.

Related vocabulary: open the door to something

• have your nose in a book
• have your nose in the air
• have your pick of
• have your pick of something
• have your share of
• have your share of something
• have your sights set on
• have your sights set on doing something
• have your sights set on something
• have your wicked way with
• have your wicked way with someone
• have your wits about
• have your wits about you
• have your work cut out
• have your work cut out for
• have your work cut out for you
• head and shoulders above ...
• head and shoulders above
• head and shoulders above someone
• head and shoulders above something
• head and shoulders above the others
• head and shoulders above [the others/the rest etc.]
• head and shoulders above the rest
• bad-mouth
• bad-mouth someone