Open up meaning
Open up is a phrasal verb that means to begin speaking more freely about yourself and your emotions.
- Past simple
- opened up
- Past participle
- opened up
- -ing form
- opening up
What open up means
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To begin speaking more freely about yourself and your emotions
After several meetings, he finally opened up about his anxiety.
Similar phrasal verbs
With up: wake up, pick up, grow up, line up, make up, set up, put up, go up, bring up, mess up.
Common questions
What does open up mean?
To begin speaking more freely about yourself and your emotions.
What is the past tense of open up?
Opened up, which is also its past participle.
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