"open it up" meaning in All languages combined

See open it up on Wiktionary

Verb [English]

Forms: opens it up [present, singular, third-person], opening it up [participle, present], opened it up [participle, past], opened it up [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} open it up (third-person singular simple present opens it up, present participle opening it up, simple past and past participle opened it up)
  1. (slang, of a driver) To speed up; to gun it. Tags: slang
    Sense id: en-open_it_up-en-verb-b5gwdeFf Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English phrasal verbs formed with "up", English terms with placeholder "it", Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 93 7 Disambiguation of English phrasal verbs formed with "up": 85 15 Disambiguation of English terms with placeholder "it": 80 20 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 93 7 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 94 6
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see open, it, up.
    Sense id: en-open_it_up-en-verb-D4eFHHJq
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