Love
Love verb - To hold dear.
Open
Open verb - To change from a closed to an open position.
Both words in one sentence
- The Trope Namer of sorts is Jesus' fable of the Prodigal Son, in which a boy leaves home, loses all of his money gambling, becomes a wreck, and finally returns home, only to be greeted with love and open arms.
Source: Literature / The Bible - Similarly, his friend and the team's Fragile Speedster Ryouta Miyagi has been hopelessly in love with his best friend, the Tsundere Ayako, but she's not receptive to his open affections.
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Tristan und Isolde, on the other hand, does feature a love-potion, though it is implied that its effect is merely to fan their already smouldering passion into open flames.
Source: Love Potion
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Open and Love. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 09, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/love/open
Love & Open. N.p., 2016. Web. 09 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/love/open>.
Open or Love. 2016. Accessed August 09, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/love/open.
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