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Meaning of open out | Babel Free

Verb CEFR B2

Definitions

To expand, to widen, to unwrap, unfold or uncover, to spread out from a compact state.

Examples

“Once though the station the deep-throated exhaust of G.C.R. engines, and particularly the "Directors", could be heard in ascending crescendo as the drivers opened out to take the gradient.”
“To obtain the required overhead clearance at Stockport, it will be necessary to open out the Edgeley tunnels.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

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