Open
Proceed
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
- The player, who at this moment is controlling a rather dim-witted troll-like creature, simply smashes the cage open with a club to proceed.
Source: Speak Friend and Enter -
His remains then knock open a spiked wall, allowing you to proceed further into Norfair.
Source: Stripped to the Bone - The only reason he didn't proceed to open a can of whoop-ass was because Kagura, his own Berserk Button pressed, beat him to it.
Source: Berserk Button / BlazBlue
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Proceed and Open. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 21, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/open/proceed
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Proceed or Open. 2016. Accessed July 21, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/open/proceed.
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