if a discussion opens out, or if you open it out, it becomes more general or it starts to include more subjects
if a path or passage opens out, it becomes wider at the end
if something opens out, or if you open it out, it opens from a folded position so that you can see its shape
He tried to open out the conversation.
She opened the map out on the table.
The alleyway opened out into a courtyard behind the houses.
The buds on the trees were starting to open out.
They were too open out here, no protection from the dangerous, lightening sky.
opens out
opening out
opened out
There is no origin for this phrasal verb
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