open up

Meaning

1. Oxford30% of films

   to open a door, container, etc.

   LAPD! Open up!

2. Oxford20% of films

   to talk about what you feel and think; to become less shy and more willing to communicate

3. Oxford15% of films

   to start a new business

4. Oxford10% of films

   to develop or start to happen or exist; to develop or start sth

In the movies · 137

• - I'm very proud of that. - He really opened up to you, man.Broadcast News1987
• Yeah. You know, Ms. Schlacter, uh, told me that he's opened up a little bit in Banana Splits?Bad Education2019
• LAPD! Open up!Training Day2001
• Open up! Open up! Open up!Triangle of Sadness2022
• Open up. Open up!Eraser1996
• Open up. Open up. Open up! Come on!Klaus2019
• I'll open up.Tyrannosaur2011
• Open up, you.Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince2009

Learn it in full scenes

• Bad Education2019
  • Frank Reassures an Angry Parent
  • Rachel Interviews School Officials
  • Bob Spicer Gives the School a Gift
• Training Day2001
  • Jake's First Day on the Job
  • Alonzo Makes Jake Tell a Story
  • Alonzo's Felony Stop

From the same entry

• be an open secret
• have an open mind
• keep your ears open
• an open book
• an open invitation
• with open arms
• burst open
• the door to
• keep an eye open
• with your eyes open
• on the open market
• keep your options open

More phrasal verbs

• refer to
• go off
• come through
• drop out
• stand by
• look around
• fill up
• come by
• live together
• go by
• clean up
• walk away