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open the door to
Idioms and Phrases
Also, open doors . Create an opportunity for, as in Legalizing marijuana may open the door to all kinds of abuse , or Her statement opened the door to further discussion , or Dad's connections at the hospital have opened doors for Richard's colleagues at medical school . [Late 1600s]Example Sentences
“Everyday activities like forwarding messages or even clicking links and attachments can open the door to risks if your information isn’t properly protected.â€
If Democrats could reliably count on getting some Republican votes for any policy that they tried to pass in Congress, that would open the door to forming varied coalitions around varied issues.
He said that when the initial volleys of gunfire stopped after an hour, armed men forced open the door to the train and entered, saying "get out or we will shoot you".
Finding against CBS could “open the door to regular and repeated second guessing of broadcasters’ editorial judgments across the ideological spectrum,†CBS argued.
But that trio isn’t likely to focus on race or class with Reid’s sharpness, or to open the door to contributors who aren’t already Beltway-approved.
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