Interfere with
Interfere with verb - To create difficulty for the work or activity of.
Usage example: claims that the countless federal regulations interfere with his business and are of no benefit to anyone
Open
Open verb - To make passage through (something) possible by removing obstructions.
Usage example: we need to open this drain that's clogged with hair
Interfere with is an antonym for open.
Both terms in one sentence
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Then again, if the comm system for the bikes is like a CB radio, then just keying the mike and holding it open can interfere with other talkers.
Source: Billions of Buttons - At first he thinks it won't interfere with his job, but then he does things like wait for the others to open the door for him and - horror of horrors!
Source: Third Law of Gender Bending -
At first he thinks it won't interfere with his job, but then he does things like wait for the others to open the door for him and ask for directions.
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Open and Interfere with. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 22, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/interfere_with/open
Interfere with & Open. N.p., 2016. Web. 22 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/interfere_with/open>.
Open or Interfere with. 2016. Accessed July 22, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/interfere_with/open.
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