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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Maybe a team that can put a decent amount of talent around him (Pittsburgh), and one that will open the door for Ward to become a rookie starter, putting him on the fast track to learn, and hopefully succeed.
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Omar Kelly, Miami Herald, 26 Feb. 2025
Could adding Mittelstadt open the door to flipping Jesperi Kotkaniemi or Jack Roslovic (if not to Colorado)?
—Shayna Goldman, The Athletic, 25 Feb. 2025
Above all, programs that lead or in any way open the door to the censorship of the American people will be terminated.
—Karen Hao, The Atlantic, 22 Feb. 2025
The department's evidence room was unsecured, and surveillance footage showed unauthorized people accessing it through a hole in a wall and using a broomstick to open the door from the inside, Crocker said.
—Jeanine Santucci, USA TODAY, 21 Feb. 2025
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Omar Kelly, Miami Herald, 26 Feb. 2025
Could adding Mittelstadt open the door to flipping Jesperi Kotkaniemi or Jack Roslovic (if not to Colorado)?
—Shayna Goldman, The Athletic, 25 Feb. 2025
Above all, programs that lead or in any way open the door to the censorship of the American people will be terminated.
—Karen Hao, The Atlantic, 22 Feb. 2025
The department's evidence room was unsecured, and surveillance footage showed unauthorized people accessing it through a hole in a wall and using a broomstick to open the door from the inside, Crocker said.
—Jeanine Santucci, USA TODAY, 21 Feb. 2025
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“Open the door.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/open%20the%20door. Accessed 9 Mar. 2025.
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