open the way for/to (something)

to make it possible for something to happen.

Removing customs controls could open the way to an increase in drug smuggling.

• be scattered to the four winds
• be second to none
• be set in concrete
• be set in stone
• be several cards short of a full deck
• be shaking in boots
• be shaking in shoes
• be shaking in your boots
• be shaking in your shoes
• be shit scared
• be shitting bricks
• be short of a bob or two
• be shot of
• be shot of someone
• be shot of something
• be shot to hell
• be shot to pieces
• be sick and tired of
• be sick and tired of doing something
• be sick and tired of something
• beside
• beside the point
• beside yourself
• be sitting in the catbird seat
• be sitting on a goldmine