open up

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Synonyms: opens up, pen up

Antonyms: opens up, pen up

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Verb

1. {{lb|en|ambitransitive}} To [[open]].
2. {{lb|en|ambitransitive}} To [[widen]].
3. {{lb|en|transitive}} To [[bring up]] (a topic etc.).
4. {{lb|en|ambitransitive}} To [[reveal]] (oneself); to [[share]] [[personal]] [[information]] about oneself; to become [[communicative]].
5. To commence a literal or figurative battery of attacks.
6. {{lb|en|intransitive}} To [[begin]] [[run]]ning, [[drive|driving]], [[travel]]ling, etc., at [[maximum]] (or [[faster]]) [[speed]].
7. {{lb|en|intransitive|theater}} {{syn of|en|cheat out||to face or turn toward the audience more than would be natural}}.
8. {{lb|en|intransitive|oenology}} Of [[wine]]: to [[develop]] its [[full]] [[flavor]] a [[short]] time after being [[uncork]]ed and [[pour]]ed.

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