fly open
Example Sentences
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The Bulldogs knew the door would not just fly open after 19 years of pounding.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 1, 2017
Then “Moneyball” hit, and suddenly doors into baseball began to fly open.
From New York Times ● Jul. 25, 2016
“Why does a car door not fly open in a crash?” one paragraph begins.
From The New Yorker ● Sep. 28, 2015
Yet if you ask enough active and retired athletes often enough to spill their secrets, the village gates will fly open.
From Slate ● Dec. 20, 2012
Dormitory windows began to fly open and olive drab blankets were hung over the sills by the dozens to air.
From "A Separate Peace" by John Knowles
