open the way

phrase

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

—often + for or to

The court ruling opened the way for similar cases.

It has opened the way to real progress.

Examples of open the way in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

This gets you the full offline Office lineup built specifically for Mac, so files from a Windows machine open the way they’re supposed to, without hunting for a workaround or a free app that half-renders formatting. — Stackcommerce Team, PC Magazine, 26 July 2026

Israel’s military had been working to open the way for Kurdish forces to take up positions in Iran’s northwest, with the ultimate aim of encouraging armed Kurds to rise up against Tehran. — Maria Paula Mijares Torres, Fortune, 7 Mar. 2026

The take-off of rockets that can serially launch promises to democratize spaceflight and open the way to interplanetary treks by spacefarers across and beyond the astronaut corps of NASA and the other national space agencies. — Kevin Holden Platt, Forbes.com, 1 Jan. 2026

Just a mechanical rotation and a flurry of short-covering, or a sign that the market is completing a proper reset of prices, valuations and expectations to open the way for some relief into Thanksgiving week? — Michael Santoli, CNBC, 18 Nov. 2025

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