open door
Use Open door in a sentenceopen door
noun
1.
the policy of admitting people of all nationalities or ethnic groups to a country upon equal terms, as for immigration.
2.
the policy or practice of trading with all nations on an equal basis.
3.
admission or access; unrestricted opportunity: His experience had given him an open door to success in his field.
Origin:
1520–30
1520–30
Related forms
o·pen-door, adjective
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| open door | |
| —n | |
| 1. | a policy or practice by which a nation grants opportunities for trade to all other nations equally |
| 2. | free and unrestricted admission |
| —adj | |
| 3. | open to all; accessible |
| 4. | (in industrial relations) designating a policy of management being prepared to talk to workers in the office at any time |
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Example sentences
We give them free admission through our open door into the largest and best market in the whole world.
Both the open door and the shut door are present simultaneously.
Some time it may prove to be a door, a great open door to you.
With that, shaking himself clear of these considerations, he found the keys and advanced toward the open door of the shop.
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