Die
Open
Open verb - To change from a closed to an open position.
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
- When the cops and later FBI finally do show up, they don't manage to do anything but die, open the last vault lock for the bad guys, shoot at McClane and miss, then die some more.
Source: Police Are Useless / Film - From a Single Cell: When it seems that Helena is about to die, the Hylan slices her open and pulls out her "core word" from which it is indicated Helena can eventually respawn.
Source: Web Original / Coloring Medium - Unexpected Successor: Apathetic Prince Heraclius manages to die just after his father the Emperor, leaving the throne open to his younger half-brother.
Source: Literature / Roma Eterna
Cite this Source
Open and Die. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 07, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/die/open
Die & Open. N.p., 2016. Web. 07 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/die/open>.
Open or Die. 2016. Accessed August 07, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/die/open.
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