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Antonyms for open out
Grammar : Verb |
Spell : oh-puh n |
Phonetic Transcription : ˈoʊ pən |
Definition of open out
Origin :- early 13c., "an aperture or opening," from open (adj.). Meaning "public knowledge" (especially in out in the open) is from 1942, but cf. Middle English in open (late 14c.) "manifestly, publicly." The sense of "an open competition" is from 1926, originally in a golf context.
- As in widen : verb open up
- As in display : verb show for public viewing, effect
- As in expand : verb extend, augment
- Open out, my lads, and thoroughly search every hollow and corner.
- Extract from : « The Kopje Garrison » by George Manville Fenn
- Now he could open out and farm on a scale befitting a man of his parts.
- Extract from : « The Wind Before the Dawn » by Dell H. Munger
- If anything further was to be done, he himself must open out a little.
- Extract from : « Orley Farm » by Anthony Trollope
- Still, I sort of feel the time'll come when we can open out things.
- Extract from : « The Heart of Unaga » by Ridgwell Cullum
- Presently, however, while she served him, she began to open out.
- Extract from : « The Kingdom Round the Corner » by Coningsby Dawson
- The thought of it, for Mrs. Brook, seemed fairly to open out vistas.
- Extract from : « The Awkward Age » by Henry James
- Craney was always a talkative man, liking to open out his point of view.
- Extract from : « The Belted Seas » by Arthur Colton
- Some of them open out when you go inside and have more than one court.
- Extract from : « Irma in Italy » by Helen Leah Reed
- If the cow-shed could open out of the wood-shed, such trouble might be prevented.
- Extract from : « The Peterkin Papers » by Lucretia P. Hale
- I have not as yet been driven to open out my sad case to any one but yourself.
- Extract from : « Marion Fay » by Anthony Trollope
Synonyms for open out
- add to
- advertise
- aggrandize
- amplify
- arrange
- augment
- bare
- beef up
- betray
- bloat
- blow up
- boast
- bolster
- brandish
- bring to view
- broaden
- bulk up
- burgeon
- demonstrate
- detail
- develop
- diffuse
- dilate
- disclose
- distend
- elaborate
- embellish
- emblazon
- enlarge
- evidence
- evince
- exhibit
- expand
- explicate
- expose
- extend
- fan out
- fatten
- feature
- fill out
- flash
- flaunt
- flourish
- glaze
- grandstand
- grow
- grow larger
- heighten
- hike
- illustrate
- impart
- increase
- inflate
- lay bare
- lay out
- lengthen
- magnify
- make clear
- make known
- manifest
- model
- mount
- multiply
- mushroom
- open
- open out
- open wide
- outspread
- pad
- parade
- perform
- piggyback
- present
- prolong
- promote
- promulgate
- protract
- publish
- puff up
- pyramid
- ream
- represent
- reveal
- set out
- show off
- showcase
- slap on
- soup up
- sport
- spread
- spread out
- stretch
- stretch out
- swell
- tack on
- thicken
- trot out
- uncover
- unfold
- unfurl
- unmask
- unravel
- unroll
- unveil
- upsurge
- vamp
- wax
- widen
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