Open Up

abc   Wed Aug 03, 2005 12:45 pm GMT
what does it mean when you "open up" to someone?
Sander   Wed Aug 03, 2005 12:53 pm GMT
As far as I know,


You 'expose yourself' you show your character...
abc   Wed Aug 03, 2005 2:04 pm GMT
doesnt mean like you tell em ur secrets?
Sander   Wed Aug 03, 2005 2:17 pm GMT
Doesn't that fall under 'exposing yourself'? ;)
abc   Wed Aug 03, 2005 3:52 pm GMT
yeah you're right...I'm having this kinda problem with ppl
Ant_222   Wed Aug 03, 2005 6:12 pm GMT
«2. open up - become available; "an opportunity opened up"
open
come up, arise - occur; "A slight unpleasantness arose from this discussion"
3. open up - make available; "This opens up new possibilities"
open
yield, afford, give - be the cause or source of; "He gave me a lot of trouble"; "Our meeting afforded much interesting information"
4. open up - open up an area or prepare a way; "She pioneered a graduate program for women students"
pioneer
innovate, introduce - bring something new to an environment; "A new word processor was introduced"
5. open up - start to operate or function or cause to start operating or functioning; "open a business"
open
establish, found, launch, set up - set up or found; "She set up a literacy program"
6. open up - become open; "The door opened"
open
change state, turn - undergo a transformation or a change of position or action; "We turned from Socialism to Capitalism"; "The people turned against the President when he stole the election"
unfasten - become undone or untied; "The shoelaces unfastened"
fly open - come open suddenly; "the doors flew open in the stroang gust"
7. open up - talk freely and without inhibition
mouth, speak, talk, verbalise, verbalize, utter - express in speech; "She talks a lot of nonsense"; "This depressed patient does not verbalize"
be quiet, belt up, button up, clam up, keep mum, shut up, close up, dummy up - refuse to talk or stop talking; fall silent; "The children shut up when their father approached"»

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Uriel   Sat Aug 06, 2005 3:24 am GMT
To open up to someone means to speak honestly and in-depth to someone, usually about very personal things like emotions. It implies that before you opened up to them, you were more superficial in your dealings with them.
abc   Mon Aug 08, 2005 1:51 pm GMT
thnx Uriel
very good explanation
abc   Mon Aug 08, 2005 1:54 pm GMT
explaination*
Tiffany   Mon Aug 08, 2005 7:52 pm GMT
You spelled it correctly the first time (explanation)
abc   Mon Aug 08, 2005 9:29 pm GMT
thnx Tiffany for your explantion ;)