Open up
Open up verb - Cause to open or to become open.
Both terms in one sentence
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Adam Smith Hates Your Guts: The shopkeepers do seem to open up to you, but they always have a reason not to give you a discount.
Source: Video Game / Unchained Blades - Barry Allen had his marriage to Iris West undone as part of the New 52 reboot, with the fact that it would open up more story possibilities cited as the main reason by DC.
Source: Superheroes Stay Single - Of course, the real reason the doors open through weapon fire is to encourage the player to hunt down weapon and missile upgrades to open them, in keeping with the series's theme of exploring your environment organically and using the items to open up new areas instead of just hunting for keys.
Source: The Artifact / Video Games
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Reason and Open up. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 21, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/open_up/reason
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