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opening doors

opening doors is the present participle and gerund of open doors.

Meaning of open doors

Verb

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

  1. (idiomatic, transitive) To lead to opportunities or social advantages.
    • The training that opens doors for you that men from electrical trade schools can never pass.1926 September, Popular Mechanics, volume 46, number 3

Questions about opening doors

What is opening doors the present participle and gerund of?
Opening doors is the present participle and gerund of open doors.

Words near opening doors in the dictionary

  1. opening book
  2. opening books
  3. opening ceremonies
  4. opening ceremony
  5. opening credits
  6. opening doors
  7. opening fire
  8. opening goal
  9. opening goals
  10. Opening Government
  11. opening gun

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