open doors
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"It's important we play the players based on their skillsets and that they fit into our system. Our job is to support them and open doors whenever we can."
From BBC
He apparently accompanied Mountbatten-Windsor on some of his international, taxpayer-funded trips as a trade envoy, using his Chinese connections to open doors.
From BBC
“That doesn’t suddenly make this market affordable for everyone, but it does crack open doors that had firmly shut when rates peaked.”
From MarketWatch
Above its huge open doors was a sign in big blue letters that said, “Eubanks Wagon Yard—Fifty Cents for Teams—Twenty-five Cents for Feed.”
From Literature
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California Gov. Gavin Newsom, who is vehemently opposed to the billionaire tax, praised the gift, saying that it will “open doors for students to success and for our communities to prosper.”
From MarketWatch
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