"open doors" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: En-au-open doors.ogg [Australia]
Head templates: {{head|en|noun form}} open doors
  1. plural of open door Tags: form-of, plural Form of: open door
    Sense id: en-open_doors-en-noun-5h54wuVu

Verb

Audio: En-au-open doors.ogg [Australia] Forms: opens doors [present, singular, third-person], opening doors [participle, present], opened doors [participle, past], opened doors [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*|head=open doors}} open doors (third-person singular simple present opens doors, present participle opening doors, simple past and past participle opened doors)
  1. (idiomatic, transitive) To lead to opportunities or social advantages. Tags: idiomatic, transitive Translations (lead to opportunities): deuren openen (Dutch)
    Sense id: en-open_doors-en-verb-DoAzECXT Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Dutch translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 20 80 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 18 82 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 10 90 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 10 90 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 18 82

Inflected forms

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