open (someone or something) to (someone or something)

idiom

1

: to allow (a particular group of people) to enter, use, or participate in (something)

He opens his home to anyone who needs a place to stay.

This year, we've opened the contest to all children under the age of 16.

2

: to cause or allow (someone or something) to be affected by (something bad, such as criticism)

Their actions have opened the government to charges of corruption.

By being secretive about her past, she opens herself (up) to political attacks.

Examples of open (someone or something) to (someone or something) in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

There are reasons to believe that China is still open to arms control. —J. Tedford Tyler, Time, 17 May 2025

More than six in 10 are open to buying fixer-uppers and more than half are willing to move to another state or even country to afford a home, the survey found. —Rachel Barber, USA Today, 17 May 2025

Google has warned that Chrome is open to attack, and has rushed out a fix for a vulnerability that enables a hacker to steal login credentials and bypass multi-factor authentication. —Zak Doffman, Forbes.com, 17 May 2025

As their relationship progresses from first kisses (this is a film in which people really kiss) to Pride March, nights on the town to noodles at home, the movie conjures a whole world of intimacy and freedom beginning to open to Fatima. —Jon Frosch, HollywoodReporter, 16 May 2025