Antonyms for open up
Grammar : Verb |
Spell : oh-puh n |
Phonetic Transcription : ˈoʊ pən |
- abjure
- abridge
- aid
- appease
- argue
- ask
- assist
- backfire
- be immune
- be quiet
- be vague
- bear
- benefit
- bewilder
- bind
- blame
- block
- cease
- charge
- check
- close
- close up
- coagulate
- collect
- combine
- complete
- compress
- conceal
- concentrate
- conclude
- condemn
- confine
- confound
- confuse
- confute
- contradict
- convict
- cover
- create
- cure
- debar
- deceive
- decelerate
- decline
- decrease
- defer
- delay
- delude
- deny
- destroy
- detain
- die
- differ
- diminish
- disagree
- disallow
- disapprove
- disavow
- discourage
- dismiss
- disown
- dispute
- disregard
- dissent
- dissuade
- effect
- eject
- end
- erase
- estimate
- exclude
- expel
- extract
- fail
- fasten
- figure
- finish
- fix
- fold up
- forswear
- free
- freeze
- gainsay
- gather
- give
- guess
- halt
- harm
- heal
- help
- hide
- hinder
- hold
- hurt
- ignore
- impede
- imprison
- improve
- incarcerate
- increase
- incriminate
- invalidate
- keep
- keep secret
- kill
- learn
- lessen
- let go
- limit
- listen
- lose
- lower
- maintain
- mend
- misguide
- mislead
- miss
- misunderstand
- narrow
- neglect
- not mention
- not touch
- object
- obscure
- offer
- oppose
- oust
- pass up
- postpone
- prevent
- protect
- protest
- puzzle
- question
- raise
- refuse
- reject
- release
- renounce
- repel
- repress
- repudiate
- restrain
- restrict
- result
- retain
- retard
- rise
- roll up
- ruin
- secret
- secrete
- sell
- sentence
- sew
- shrink
- shut
- slow
- slow down
- solidify
- stop
- subtract
- suppress
- surrender
- take away
- take back
- tap
- terminate
- unite
- unsettle
- veil
- veto
- wait
- walk
- withdraw
- withhold
- worry
Definition of open up
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 institute : verb begin; put into operation
- As in introduce : verb make known; present
- As in knife : verb stab with pointed tool
- As in operate : verb perform surgery
- As in originate : verb create, introduce
- As in pioneer : verb invent; lay the groundwork
- As in profess : verb declare, assert
- As in release : verb let go, let out
- As in accelerate : verb increase speed, timing
- As in shoot : verb discharge a projectile, often to injure or kill
- As in slash : verb cut
- As in stab : verb puncture, pierce with sharp, pointed object
- As in strike : verb find, discover
- As in tell : verb communicate
- As in thaw : verb unfreeze, warm
- As in uncover : verb reveal, disclose
- As in unveil : verb reveal
- As in wound : verb cause bodily damage
- As in broach : verb bring up a topic
- As in broaden : verb extend, supplement
- As in acknowledge : verb admit truth or reality of something
- As in unfurl : verb unroll
- As in admit : verb confess, acknowledge
- As in divulge : verb make known; confess
- As in enlighten : verb explain thoroughly; make aware
- When he began to open up, it was after a sad fashion at first.
- Extract from : « Wilfrid Cumbermede » by George MacDonald
- It will open up the way to a saner and more beautiful future.
- Extract from : « The Truth About Woman » by C. Gasquoine Hartley
- I feel as if at any moment the ground might open up, and—and swallow me right up.
- Extract from : « The Law-Breakers » by Ridgwell Cullum
- After an interview with the cashier he returned to my window and requested me to open up.
- Extract from : « The Rise of Roscoe Paine » by Joseph C. Lincoln
- Phil's going to take down that bar we pushed in place, and open up.
- Extract from : « Phil Bradley's Mountain Boys » by Silas K. Boone
- Some customers are slow to open up and extend their confidence to a salesman.
- Extract from : « Dollars and Sense » by Col. Wm. C. Hunter
- "I've got to open up this curtain a bit, Driggs," called Ab.
- Extract from : « The Grammar School Boys of Gridley » by H. Irving Hancock
- I told you boys not to open up an argument with those fellows!
- Extract from : « The Call of the Beaver Patrol » by V. T. Sherman
- And we'll be awaitin' there at the ash door, ready to push in when you open up.
- Extract from : « The Banner Boy Scouts on a Tour » by George A. Warren
- Which is Tink Tuttle's cue to open up on the266 story of his life.
- Extract from : « Torchy » by Sewell Ford
Synonyms for open up
- absolve
- accede
- accept
- accord
- achieve
- acknowledge
- acquaint
- acquiesce
- acquit
- act as if
- admit
- adopt
- advance
- advise
- affirm
- agree
- air
- allege
- allow
- amputate
- announce
- appoint
- apprise
- approach
- approve
- arrive at
- asseverate
- attain
- augment
- authorize
- aver
- avouch
- avow
- bag
- bail out
- bare
- barrage
- bayonet
- become liquid
- become soft
- begin
- betray
- bid
- blab
- blast
- blow hot air
- blow the whistle
- bombard
- bow
- brand
- breadthen
- break
- break in
- break the ice
- break the news
- brief
- bring about
- bring down
- bring into being
- bring out
- bring to light
- bring up
- broach
- broadcast
- bruise
- call upon
- carve
- carve up
- cast loose
- catapult
- catch
- catechize
- cause
- cause to understand
- certify
- chance upon
- chop
- chop down
- civilize
- claim
- clear
- cleave
- clip
- clue in
- coin
- colonize
- come across
- come clean
- come out
- come out of closet
- come out with
- come up with
- come upon
- command
- commence
- communicate
- commute
- compose
- concede
- conceive
- concur
- confess
- confide
- confirm
- consent
- constate
- constitute
- contuse
- convert
- cop a plea
- cough up
- counsel
- crack
- create
- credit
- croon
- cross heart
- cut
- damage
- declare
- defrost
- deliquesce
- deliver
- denude
- depose
- develop
- dig up
- ding
- direct
- discharge
- disclose
- discover
- disengage
- dispatch
- dispense
- display
- dissemble
- dissolve
- divulge
- do the honors
- drive
- drop
- drop the hammer
- dust
- edify
- educate
- effect
- elucidate
- emancipate
- emit
- enact
- encounter
- enjoin
- enlarge
- enumerate
- establish
- evolve
- excise
- exculpate
- excuse
- execute
- exempt
- exhibit
- exonerate
- expand
- expedite
- expel
- explain
- explode
- explore
- expose
- express
- extricate
- fake
- familiarize
- fatten
- feign
- fess up
- fill in
- fire
- fire up
- fix
- fix up
- fling
- flow
- flux
- form
- formulate
- forward
- found
- free
- further
- fuse
- gash
- generate
- get off chest
- get on soapbox
- get things rolling
- get together
- give away
- give birth to
- give facts
- give faith
- give introduction
- give off
- give out
- give the lowdown
- give the word
- go easy on
- go into details
- go out in front
- go public
- gore
- gossip
- grant
- grow
- guide
- gun
- hack
- hammer on
- happen upon
- harbinger
- harm
- hasten
- hatch
- herald
- hint at
- hit
- hit upon
- hurl
- hurry
- hurt
- ignite
- illume
- illuminate
- illumine
- imitate
- impale
- impart
- impel
- improve
- inaugurate
- incise
- increase
- inculcate
- indicate
- indoctrinate
- induct
- inform
- initiate
- injure
- innovate
- inspirit
- install
- instigate
- institute
- instruct
- interject
- interpose
- introduce
- invent
- invest
- irritate
- issue
- jab
- jag
- keep posted
- kick off
- kill
- knife
- knock down
- lacerate
- lance
- launch
- lay a patch
- lay bare
- lay open
- lay rubber
- lead into
- lead off
- leak
- leave word
- let
- let fly
- let go with
- let hair down
- let in on
- let it all hang out
- let know
- let off
- let off steam
- let on
- let slip
- let up on
- level
- liberate
- light upon
- liquefy
- loose
- loosen
- maintain
- make
- make known
- make out
- make public
- make tracks
- make up
- manumit
- map out
- melt
- mention
- mollify
- moot
- mouth
- move
- murder
- nail it
- narrate
- nick
- notify
- number
- offer
- open
- open fire
- open up
- ordain
- order
- organize
- originate
- ouch
- own
- own up
- parent
- pave the way
- peel rubber
- penetrate
- permit
- persuade
- pick off
- pierce
- pioneer
- plow
- plug
- plunge
- pop
- preach
- precede
- precipitate
- predicate
- preface
- prepare
- pretend
- prick
- proclaim
- procreate
- produce
- profess
- project
- promulgate
- prong
- propel
- propose
- publish
- pull the trigger
- pump
- punch
- purport
- put before
- put forward
- put on afterburners
- put on to
- put pedal to metal
- quicken
- railroad
- raise subject
- ram
- reach
- ream
- recite
- recognize
- recommend
- reel off
- relate
- relax
- relent
- remove
- rend
- report
- represent
- require
- rev
- rev up
- reveal
- rip
- roll
- rough up
- run
- run through
- saber
- save
- say
- say so
- school
- score
- scrape
- scratch
- seize
- set
- set at large
- set forth
- set free
- set in motion
- set loose
- set off
- set up
- settle
- sever
- shank
- shiv
- show
- show the way
- sing
- sink
- slash
- slice
- slit
- soapbox
- soften
- spark
- spawn
- speak
- speak of
- spear
- spearhead
- speed up
- spiel
- spill
- spill the beans
- spit
- spit it out
- spout
- spread
- spread out
- spring
- spring with
- spur
- start
- start ball rolling
- state
- step on gas
- step up
- stick
- stimulate
- stretch
- strike
- strip
- stumble across
- stumble on
- stump
- subject
- submit
- subscribe to
- suggest
- summon
- surrender
- swear on bible
- swear up and down
- swell
- take
- take out
- take the lead
- talk
- talk big
- talk of
- tap
- tattle
- teach
- tell
- think up
- throw lead
- thrust
- tip off
- tip one's hand
- tolerate
- tool
- torpedo
- total
- touch on
- trailblaze
- train
- transfix
- transplant
- treat
- trigger
- turn loose
- turn out
- turn up
- unbend
- unbind
- unbosom
- unchain
- unclothe
- uncover
- undo
- unearth
- unfasten
- unfetter
- unfold
- unleash
- unloose
- unmask
- unpack
- unshackle
- untie
- unveil
- unwind
- unwrap
- update
- uplift
- usher
- usher in
- utter
- vent
- ventilate
- vouch
- warm up
- widen
- wipe slate clean
- wound
- yield
- zap
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