Meanings
noun
- pluralplural of open door
verbopen doors (third-person singular simple present opens doors, present participle opening doors, simple past and past participle opened doors)
present singular third person opens doors · participle present opening doors · participle past opened doors · past opened doors
- idiomatictransitiveTo lead to opportunities or social advantages.
The training that opens doors for you that men from electrical trade schools can never pass.
1926 September, Popular Mechanics, volume 46, number 3
Translations
Dutch deuren openen
- deuren openenlead to opportunities
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