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open it up

open it up verb: to speed up; to gun it.

Verb

open it up (third-person singular simple present opens it up, present participle opening it up, simple past and past participle opened it up)

  1. (slang) To speed up; to gun it.
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see open, it, up.

Forms of open it up

third-person singular presentopens it up
present participleopening it up
past participleopened it up
pastopened it up

Questions about open it up

What does open it up mean?
Open it up means to speed up; to gun it.
What part of speech is open it up?
Open it up is a verb.
What is the past tense of open it up?
The past tense of open it up is opened it up.

Words near open it up in the dictionary

  1. open Internet
  2. open interval
  3. open intervals
  4. open invitation
  5. open invitations
  6. open it up
  7. open its doors
  8. open jaw
  9. open jaws
  10. open justice
  11. open letter

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