open

Related to open: Open University, Open relationship
See:
  • (one's) door is always open
  • (open) confession is good for the soul
  • a door must be either shut or open
  • a false friend is worse than an open enemy
  • a golden key can open any door
  • a man without a smiling face must not open a shop
  • an open book
  • an open book, he/she is (like an)
  • an open invitation
  • an open letter
  • an open marriage
  • an open question
  • an open secret
  • an open-and-shut case
  • as one door closes, another (one) opens
  • as one door closes, another one opens
  • as one door closes, another opens
  • be an open book
  • be open to (something)
  • be open to something
  • be open with
  • be open with (one)
  • be pushing at an open door
  • be wide open
  • be wide open to (something)
  • blow (something) wide open
  • blow open
  • blow something wide open
  • blow the lid off
  • blow wide open
  • break open
  • burst open
  • bust (someone or something) wide open
  • bust someone wide open
  • bust something wide open
  • bust wide open
  • can of worms
  • cold open
  • come into the open
  • come out in the open
  • come out in the open with
  • come out in the open with (something)
  • come out in(to) the open
  • crack (something) wide open
  • crack a book
  • crack a bottle open
  • crack a/the window (open)
  • crack open
  • crack open a bottle
  • crack open a/the bottle
  • crack the door (open)
  • doors open up
  • false friends are worse than open enemies
  • gaze open-mouthed
  • get (something) out in the open
  • greet (someone or something) with open arms
  • have an open mind
  • have one’s nose wide open
  • have/keep an open mind
  • heavens opened
  • honest and aboveboard
  • in the open
  • in the open air
  • keep (one's) ears open
  • keep (one's) eye(s) open (for someone or something)
  • keep (one's) eye(s) peeled (for something or someone)
  • keep (one's) eye(s) skinned (for someone or something)
  • keep (one's) options open
  • keep (one's) weather eye open
  • keep a weather eye on (someone or something)
  • keep a weather eye on something/open for something
  • keep a weather eye open
  • keep a weather eye out
  • keep an eye open
  • keep an open mind
  • keep eyes open
  • keep one's eyes open
  • keep open house
  • keep weather eye open
  • keep your eyes open
  • keep your eyes open/peeled/skinned
  • keep your options open
  • keep/leave your options open
  • lay open
  • leave (one's) options open
  • leave (someone, something, or oneself) (wide) open for (something)
  • leave (someone, something, or oneself) (wide) open to (something)
  • leave oneself wide open for
  • leave open
  • leave open the possibility of (something or doing something)
  • leave the door open
  • leave the door open for
  • leave the door open for (something or doing something)
  • leave the field open for (one)
  • leave yourself wide open to something
  • not open (one's) mouth
  • not open mouth
  • not open one's mouth
  • on the open market
  • open (a) Pandora's box
  • open (one) up
  • open (one's) big mouth
  • open (one's) eyes
  • open (one's) eyes to (someone or something)
  • open (one's) heart (to someone)
  • open (one's) legs
  • open (one's) mind (to something)
  • open (one's) mouth
  • open (oneself) (up) to criticism
  • open (up) (one's) kimono
  • open (up) a can of worms
  • open a conversation
  • open a conversation (with one)
  • open a few doors
  • open a few doors for (one)
  • open a Pandora's box
  • open and aboveboard
  • open and shut
  • open arms, with
  • open book
  • open day
  • open doors
  • open eyes
  • open eyes to
  • open fire
  • open fire on (someone)
  • open for business
  • open heart to
  • open house
  • open house, keep
  • open into
  • open into (something)
  • open kimono
  • open letter
  • open mind
  • open old wounds
  • open on
  • open on (something)
  • open one’s kimono
  • open one's eyes
  • open one's heart to
  • open oneself to criticism
  • open out
  • open out on(to) something
  • open Pandora's box
  • open question
  • open question, an
  • open season
  • open season (on someone or something)
  • open season on
  • open secret
  • open secret, an
  • open sesame
  • open some doors
  • open someone's eyes
  • open the door for (someone or something)
  • open the door to
  • open the door to (someone or something)
  • open the door to/for somebody/something
  • open the eyes of (someone)
  • open the eyes of someone
  • open the floodgates
  • open the kimono
  • open the way for (one)
  • open the way for (something)
  • open the way for somebody/something
  • open the way to (something)
  • open to
  • open to (something)
  • open to criticism
  • open to question
  • open up
  • open up a can of worms
  • open up a/(one's) lead
  • open up one’s kimono
  • open up to
  • open with
  • open with (someone or something)
  • open wound
  • open your eyes
  • open your heart
  • open your mind to
  • open your mouth
  • open your/somebody's eyes
  • open-and-shut
  • open-and-shut case
  • open-ended
  • open-minded
  • out in the open
  • out into the open
  • push at an open door
  • read someone like an open book, to
  • receive (someone or something) with open arms
  • receive with open arms
  • sleep with one eye open
  • the heavens open
  • the heavens opened
  • throw open
  • throw open (something) to (someone or something)
  • welcome (someone or something) with open arms
  • welcome someone with open arms
  • welcome something with open arms
  • when one door closes, another (one/door) opens
  • when one door shuts, another (one/door) opens
  • When one door shuts, another opens
  • wide open
  • wish the ground would open up and swallow (one)
  • with (one's) eyes (wide) open
  • with eyes (wide) open
  • with eyes open
  • with eyes wide open
  • with one’s eyes open
  • with one’s eyes wide open
  • with one's eyes open
  • with open arms
  • with your eyes open
References in classic literature
"Well," the Assassins asked, "will you open your mouth now or not?
Amongst the great commercial streams of these islands, the Thames is the only one, I think, open to romantic feeling, from the fact that the sight of human labour and the sounds of human industry do not come down its shores to the very sea, destroying the suggestion of mysterious vastness caused by the configuration of the shore.
"I return to your tulip, Mynheer van Baerle, and as soon as it opens I will give you news, which being done the messenger will set out immediately."
I thought I was passing Deemer's store; it was open and lit up--that is what I thought; of course it is never open now.
After ten minutes' labor the wall gave way, and a hole large enough to insert the arm was opened. Dantes went and cut the strongest olive-tree he could find, stripped off its branches, inserted it in the hole, and used it as a lever.
Dropping my staff, and tearing open the package of things we had brought from the ship, I unrolled the cotton cloth, and holding it in one hand picked with the other a twig from the bushes beside me, and telling Toby to follow my example, I broke through the covert and advanced, waving the branch in token of peace towards the shrinking forms before me.
Presently, however, he heard a light tap at his door, then the door opened slowly, and he could see the flash of Lady Arabella's white dress through the opening.
but do you forget that the Nautilus is armed with a powerful spur, and could we not send it diagonally against these fields of ice, which would open at the shocks."
He attempted to open the door only to find that it resisted his every effort--it was locked upon the outside.
The moon had risen, and as he opened his startled eyes he saw Wilson creeping stealthily toward him, his mouth open and his swollen tongue hanging out.
After a brief interval she heard the drawing-room door open, and the voices of the men out side.
"That will do!--you may now open the blinds," said Rouletabille.
'Open the door, and let me take my dear friend Jeremiah to my arms!
Already they were busy with returning people; in places even there were shops open, and I saw a drinking fountain running water.
He reached the Rue Saint Honore and went up it toward the Rue de la Ferronnerie; there the aspect changed; here it was the tradesmen who were running from shop to shop; their doors seemed closed like their shutters, but they were only pushed to in such a manner as to open and allow the men, who seemed fearful of showing what they carried, to enter, closing immediately.