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

Example sentences :

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

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