throw open

verb

To open to visitors

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Meanings

verbthrow open (third-person singular simple present throws open, present participle throwing open, simple past threw open, past participle thrown open)

present singular third person throws open · participle present throwing open · past threw open · participle past thrown open

  1. To open to visitors

    the walkabouts that increasingly characterised royal appearances, the pop concerts at Buckingham Palace, the throwing open of the royal palaces to visitors – even the paying of income tax, and royal podcasts – would have been inconceivable as innovations at the time Elizabeth came to the throne.

    September 8 2022, Stephen Bates, “Queen Elizabeth II obituary”, in The Guardian
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APA

throw open. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/throw%20open

MLA

“throw open.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/throw%20open. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “throw open,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/throw%20open.

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