Open up
Open up verb - Cause to open or to become open.
Set up
Set up verb - Set up or found.
Usage example: She set up a literacy program
Mutual synonyms
Both terms in one sentence
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In one episode, he's seen going to a Paris bank in the 1930's to open up an account he set up a century earlier (and has to remember how many "greats" his "ancestor" was).
Source: Series / Highlander -
They set up this dynamic with sweethearted golden girl Rory encouraging brooding, town pariah Jess to open up about his issues and do more with his life.
Source: Series / Gilmore Girls -
Some maps require you to find all three colored keys in sequence to open up the path to the exit, but in some of these cases, the obstacles you need the keys for are set up in such a way that you can walk past one of them without its key.
Source: Sequence Breaking
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