open the door

idiom

: to make (something) easier or more likely to happen

—often + for or to

Her success opened the door for thousands of young women who wanted to play sports.

His experiences in the army opened the door to a career in politics.

Examples of open the door in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

When Muñoz-Guatemala didn’t lower his car window, Ross broke a back window to try to open the door. —Mark Morales, CNN Money, 10 Jan. 2026

But videos captured by other observers and members of the public show an ICE agent approaching a Honda Pilot that was stopped on a snowy road and ordering the driver — later identified as Good — to open the door before grabbing the handle. —Robert Salonga, Mercury News, 9 Jan. 2026

Video taken by bystanders show an officer approaching the SUV stopped across the middle of the road, demanding the driver open the door and grabbing the handle. —Staff and Wire Reports, Boston Herald, 9 Jan. 2026

The horrors of the 1988 chapter open the door for a plot development that risks coming across as manipulative. —Tim Grierson, Los Angeles Times, 9 Jan. 2026

Rhymes for open the door

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