Make
Make verb - To bring into being by combining, shaping, or transforming materials.
Open
Open verb - To change from a closed to an open position.
Mutual synonyms
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
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Publicly Discussing the Secret: The characters often discuss secrets with the door to Laura's room open or make remarks about people who have barely left the room.
Source: Web Video / Carmilla the Series - Timber Counter is most useful as a sapling; any enemy who walks over it will trip, so you just wait around for an enemy to either trip and leave themselves open or make a predictable jump and respond accordingly.
Source: Game Breaker / Super Smash Bros. -
Except Call of Duty 1, where the player can open some doors when required, and Call of Duty 2, where said ranking officer tends to make his second-in-command open doors instead.
Source: Video Game / Call of Duty
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Open and Make. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 21, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/make/open
Make & Open. N.p., 2016. Web. 21 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/make/open>.
Open or Make. 2016. Accessed July 21, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/make/open.
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