Open
Open verb - To take the first step in (a process or course of action).
Usage example: we will open the proceedings tomorrow with a short ceremony
Set up
Set up verb - Set up or found.
Usage example: She set up a literacy program
Both terms in one sentence
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Since there's no hi-hat pedal, they instead set up the simulated drum kit to have one perpetually closed hi-hat and one perpetually open one.
Source: Video Game / Rock Band -
Green Lantern: The Green Lantern power rings can open wormholes that have been set up by the Guardians of The Universe.
Source: Our Wormholes Are Different - The Powers Of Harmony has Zemblani, whose attempt to force open the Gate of Tartarus twenty years ago is what set up the plot in the first place.
Source: Predecessor Villain
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