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open up

Verb

Meaning

make available

become available

cause to open or to become open

become open

start to operate or function or cause to start operating or functioning

talk freely and without inhibition

open up an area or prepare a way

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When I'm not longer rapping, I want to open up an ice cream parlor and call myself Scoop Dogg. Snoop Dogg

The true purpose of Zen is to see things as they are, to observe things as they are, and to let everything go as it goes. Zen practice is to open up our small mind. Shunryu Suzuki

If we stop thinking of the poor as victims or as a burden and start recognizing them as resilient and creative entrepreneurs and value-conscious consumers, a whole new world of opportunity can open up. C.K. Prahalad

If you were to open up a baby's head - and I am not for a moment suggesting that you should - you would find nothing but an enormous drool gland. Dave Barry

Life's a show and we all play a part And when the music starts We open up our hearts. Joss Whedon

When misers die, children open up their coffers. Russian Proverb

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