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Antonyms for open upopen up

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  1. open, open upverb

    cause to open or to become open

    "Mary opened the car door"

    Antonyms:
    belt up, be quiet, close up, dummy up, button up, shut up, clam up, keep mum

    Synonyms:
    give, open, pioneer, afford, spread, spread out, unfold

  2. open, open upverb

    become available

    "an opportunity opened up"

    Antonyms:
    be quiet, belt up, clam up, button up, keep mum, shut up, close up, dummy up

    Synonyms:
    give, open, pioneer, afford, spread, spread out, unfold

  3. open, open upverb

    make available

    "This opens up new possibilities"

    Antonyms:
    clam up, dummy up, close up, belt up, keep mum, button up, shut up, be quiet

    Synonyms:
    give, open, pioneer, afford, spread, spread out, unfold

  4. pioneer, open upverb

    open up an area or prepare a way

    "She pioneered a graduate program for women students"

    Antonyms:
    button up, clam up, close up, keep mum, be quiet, dummy up, belt up, shut up

    Synonyms:
    pioneer, open, initiate

  5. open, open upverb

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

    "open a business"

    Antonyms:
    belt up, clam up, close up, button up, be quiet, shut up, keep mum, dummy up

    Synonyms:
    give, open, pioneer, afford, spread, spread out, unfold

  6. open, open upverb

    become open

    "The door opened"

    Antonyms:
    shut up, clam up, belt up, keep mum, dummy up, close up, button up, be quiet

    Synonyms:
    give, open, pioneer, afford, spread, spread out, unfold

  7. open upverb

    talk freely and without inhibition

    Antonyms:
    button up, be quiet, belt up, shut up, close up, keep mum, dummy up, clam up

    Synonyms:
    pioneer, open

How to use open up in a sentence?

  1. Norman Lamont:

    This is a vast emerging market to open up, a vast frontier market: Iran is potentially something of an energy superpower, but it is also necessary to be cautious because we do not know quite what American sanctions will remain.

  2. Alexander Betts:

    When you open up the bill, on the first page there’s a big red flag which says: This might be in violation of the European Convention on Human Rights.

  3. President Donald Trump:

    We think that some of the governors will be in really good shape to open up even sooner than that. We'll speak to them. But we're all set and we're counting on the governors to do a great job, others are going to have to take a longer period of time until they're in a position to say,' We're ready to go.' And that's OK. We understand that. Some of the governors have a very tough situation.

  4. Cory BookerBooker:

    The story will one day be told : at a lunch, a number of the great leaders, great women on our campaign, thought up this incredible idea to just open up the curtain and show people behind the scenes of what we needed to thrive and survive.

  5. Tom Forte:

    Apple seems to be more willing than it has been historically to open up some of its services outside of its [ hardware ] ecosystem as a way to drive adoption, and also as a way to compete more effectively against other large scale tech players such as Facebook and Google.

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