open the way

idiom

: to make (something) easier or more likely to happen
often + for or to
The court ruling opened the way for similar cases.
It has opened the way to real progress.

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If medical tourism isn’t exactly in your budget, learning about healing modalities from other cultures or medicine traditions can potentially open the way forward for you, or at the very least, lead you to some interesting rabbit holes. Steph Koyfman, Condé Nast Traveler, 28 Sep. 2024 Further research and development in these areas could open the way for secure, privacy-preserving autonomous economic interactions. Andrey Sergeenkov, Forbes, 4 Sep. 2024 Huang will chronicle events leading up to Shane Smith’s Vice Media, a scrappy media player once valued at $5.7 billion, filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in 2023 to open the way for a sale of the company. Etan Vlessing, The Hollywood Reporter, 7 Aug. 2024 But many in the party (and more in the world of commentary) think Biden should drop out and open the way for a new nominee, lest the president’s weakness open the door wide to the disastrous return of Donald Trump. E.j. Dionne Jr., Washington Post, 30 June 2024 See all Example Sentences for open the way 

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“Open the way.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/open%20the%20way. Accessed 5 Nov. 2024.

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