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open
verb- used of a film actor who is a big enough box office attraction that success of a film project is almost guaranteed, to start and carry such a film production US
- The massive box-office success confirmed that she could “open” a movie, and made her a bankable star. — The Times, 2 August 2003
- to turn on CANADA
- — Victor Trahan, The City of Montreal Style Guide, 2002
▶ open the kimono
of a business, to reveal company accounts, to publish business information UK, 1998
Business slang.- That implies a degree of openness and transparency which is new to most commercial organisations. As one technology-company executive puts it: “You have to be ready to open the kimono.” — The Economist, 24 June 1999
- — Susie Dent, The Language Report, p. 83, 2003
▶ open the lunchbox
to fart US- — Anna Scotti and Paul Young, Buzzwords, p. 73, 1997
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