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opens the door

opens the door is the third-person singular simple present indicative of open the door.

Meaning of open the door

Verb

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

  1. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see open, door.
  2. (idiomatic) To allow access or facilitate.
    • the court's decision today opens the door to future partisan manipulations

Questions about opens the door

What is opens the door the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Opens the door is the third-person singular simple present indicative of open the door.

Words near opens the door in the dictionary

  1. opens out
  2. opens Pandora's box
  3. opens someone's eyes
  4. opens the ball
  5. opens the batting
  6. opens the door
  7. opens the floodgates
  8. opens the kimono
  9. opens the range
  10. opens up
  11. opens up a can of whoop ass

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