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open up

1.  open [sense 2], open [sense 13]
2. phrasal verb
If a place, economy, or area of interest opens up, or if someone opens it up, more people can go there or become involved in it.
Demand is outstripping supply since the market opened up. [VERB PARTICLE]
He wanted to see how the country was opening up to the world. [VERB PARTICLE + to]
These programmes will open up markets for farmers. [VERB PARTICLE noun]
The money could open up music to more children. [V P n to n]
[Also V n P, V n P to n]
3. phrasal verb
If something opens up opportunities or possibilities, or if they open up, they are created.
It was also felt that the collapse of the system opened up new possibilities. [VERB PARTICLE noun]
New opportunities are opening up for investors. [VERB PARTICLE]
[Also VERB noun PARTICLE]
4. phrasal verb
If you open up a lead in a race or competition, you get yourself into a position where you are leading, usually by quite a long way.
The Chinese team had opened up a lead of more than two minutes. [VERB PARTICLE noun]
5. phrasal verb
When you open up a building, you unlock and open the door so that people can get in.
Three armed men were waiting when the postmaster arrived to open up the shop. [VERB PARTICLE noun]
Open up, or I break in! [VERB PARTICLE]
6. phrasal verb
If someone opens up, they start to say exactly what they think or feel.
Lorna found that people were willing to open up to her. [VERB PARTICLE + to]
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open up in British English

verb (adverb)
1. (intransitive)
to start firing a gun or guns
2. (intransitive)
to speak freely or without restraint
3. (intransitive) informal
(of a motor vehicle) to accelerate
4. (transitive)
to render accessible
the motorway opened up the remoter areas
5. 
to make or become more exciting or lively
the game opened up after half-time

open up in American English

1. 
to make or become open
2. 
to spread out; unfold
3. 
to start; begin
4.  Informal
to begin firing a gun or guns
5.  Informal
to speak freely or with great feeling
6.  Informal
to go or make go faster or as fast as possible
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Examples of 'open up' in a sentence
open up

Which is why I asked him to try to get you to open up to me.
Delman, David DEATH OF A NYMPH
What he said seemed to open up vistas, disquieting views into a landscape she did not like.
Butler, Gwendoline COFFIN IN FASHION
She concentrated her attention on getting Richard to open up about himself.
Pacter, Trudi YELLOW BIRD
Breathing hard, listening to Titus open up the bar, curled around my lonely pillow, I remember her saying those fatal words.
Erdrich, Louise THE BINGO PALACE (1994)

Chinese translation of 'open up'

open up

vt

  1. [country, market, opportunities] 开(開)放 (kāifàng)
    ⇒ If the agreement is to succeed, the EU must open up its markets. 如能达成协议，欧盟必须开放其市场。 (Rú néng dáchéng xiéyì, Ōuméng bìxū kāifàng qí shìchǎng.)
  2. (= unlock) 打开(開) (dǎkāi)

vi

  1. (= unlock) 开(開)门(門) (kāimén)
    ⇒ Open up! It's freezing out here. 开门！外面很冷。 (Kāi mén! Wàimiàn hěn lěng.)
  2. (= confide) 倾(傾)诉(訴) (qīngsù)
    ⇒ She was disappointed that he hadn't opened up more. 他未能倾诉更多的情况，为此她很失望。 (Tā wèi néng qīngsù gèng duō de qíngkuàng, wèi cǐ tā hěn shīwàng.)
  3. [country, market, opportunities] 展现(現) (zhǎnxiàn)
    ⇒ New opportunities are opening up for investors who want ... 新的机会正展现给那些想 ... 的投资者们。 (Xīn de jīhuì zhèng zhǎnxiàn gěi nàxiē xiǎng ... de tóuzīzhěmen.)
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open up

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