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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Changing that could open the door to more funding to provide heat relief and other emergency preparedness.
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Ryan Fonseca, Los Angeles Times, 18 June 2024
In theory, findings like Pardo’s could open the door to literal human-elephant communication.
—Celia Ford, Vox, 10 June 2024
The new program, which will open the door to wealthier families, could fund more than four times as many students.
—Jennifer Berry Hawes, ProPublica, 18 May 2024
To open the door to millions of illegals, most of them young men of military age, many of them from countries openly hostile to America, is transformational.
—Neal B. Freeman, National Review, 6 May 2024
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Ryan Fonseca, Los Angeles Times, 18 June 2024
In theory, findings like Pardo’s could open the door to literal human-elephant communication.
—Celia Ford, Vox, 10 June 2024
The new program, which will open the door to wealthier families, could fund more than four times as many students.
—Jennifer Berry Hawes, ProPublica, 18 May 2024
To open the door to millions of illegals, most of them young men of military age, many of them from countries openly hostile to America, is transformational.
—Neal B. Freeman, National Review, 6 May 2024
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“Open the door.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/open%20the%20door. Accessed 2 Jul. 2024.
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