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

After a few minutes, open the door and wipe the inside tops, bottom, and sides down with a clean cloth. —Rebecca Jones, Southern Living, 7 Feb. 2026

The current deal framework would cede sovereignty but lease the Diego Garcia base for 99 years, ban other nations from utilizing nearby islands without British consent, and open the door to negotiations prolonging the arrangement in 40-year intervals. —Timothy Nerozzi, The Washington Examiner, 6 Feb. 2026

The same synthesis method could also be adapted to host other functional materials, and open the door to a broader platform for advanced energy storage. —Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 5 Feb. 2026

Despite current limitations, these results could open the door to new therapeutic options to improve the clinical outcome of patients with pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma in the not-too-distant future. —Jenna Prestininzi, Freep.com, 30 Jan. 2026

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