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threw open

threw open is the simple past of throw open.

Meaning of throw open

Verb

throw open (third-person singular simple present throws open, present participle throwing open, simple past threw open, past participle thrown open)

  1. To open to visitors
    • the walkabouts that increasingly characterised royal appearances, the pop concerts at Buckingham Palace, the throwing open of the royal palaces to visitors – even the paying of income tax, and royal podcasts – would have been inconceivable as innovations at the time Elizabeth came to the throne.September 8 2022, Stephen Bates, “Queen Elizabeth II obituary”, in The Guardian

Questions about threw open

What is threw open the simple past of?
Threw open is the simple past of throw open.

Words near threw open in the dictionary

  1. threw one's weight behind
  2. threw oneself at
  3. threw oneself behind
  4. threw oneself into
  5. threw oneself on someone's mercy
  6. threw open
  7. threw out
  8. threw out the baby with the bathwater
  9. threw over
  10. threw pearls before swine
  11. threw shade

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