"open someone's eyes" meaning in English

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Verb

Audio: En-au-open someone's eyes.ogg Forms: opens someone's eyes [present, singular, third-person], opening someone's eyes [participle, present], opened someone's eyes [participle, past], opened someone's eyes [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} open someone's eyes (third-person singular simple present opens someone's eyes, present participle opening someone's eyes, simple past and past participle opened someone's eyes)
  1. (idiomatic) To make someone aware of something they did not know or fully understand before; to enlighten someone. Tags: idiomatic Related terms: eye-opener
    Sense id: en-open_someone's_eyes-en-verb-CJCNFX-J Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

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