throw open

English

Verb

throw open (third-person singular simple present throws open, present participle throwing open, simple past threw open, past participle thrown open)

  1. To open to visitors
    • September 8 2022, Stephen Bates, “Queen Elizabeth II obituary”, in The Guardian:
      the walkabouts that increasingly characterised royal appearances, the pop concerts at Buckingham Palace, the throwing open of the royal palaces to visitors – even the paying of income tax, and royal podcasts – would have been inconceivable as innovations at the time Elizabeth came to the throne.
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