open the door
idiom
: to make (something) easier or more likely to happen
—often + for or to
Her success opened the door for thousands of young women who wanted to play sports.
His experiences in the army opened the door to a career in politics.
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Auburn finished 5-7, short of the six-win standard for bowl eligibility, but under NCAA rules, a program's academic progress rate (APR) can open the door for bowl eligibility with five wins.
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Chase Goodbread, The Tuscaloosa News, 11 Dec. 2025
The agents attempted to open the door but were unable to enter the locked store.
—Billal Rahman, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Dec. 2025
That shift could reduce side effects, shorten recovery times and open the door to new drug designs that were once too risky to use.
—Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 4 Dec. 2025
The storm will also open the door for a new, colder rush of frigid Arctic air to send temperatures plummeting for millions right before the calendar flips to December.
—Mary Gilbert, CNN Money, 26 Nov. 2025
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Chase Goodbread, The Tuscaloosa News, 11 Dec. 2025
The agents attempted to open the door but were unable to enter the locked store.
—Billal Rahman, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Dec. 2025
That shift could reduce side effects, shorten recovery times and open the door to new drug designs that were once too risky to use.
—Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 4 Dec. 2025
The storm will also open the door for a new, colder rush of frigid Arctic air to send temperatures plummeting for millions right before the calendar flips to December.
—Mary Gilbert, CNN Money, 26 Nov. 2025
See All Example Sentences for open the door
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“Open the door.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/open%20the%20door. Accessed 17 Dec. 2025.
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