open out

Frequency: 5.53.4 per million words

To unfold something, like a map.

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Examples (10)

  • I opened out the map and laid it on the table.
  • She carefully opened out the delicate fan.
  • He opened out his newspaper at the breakfast table.
  • The children loved to open out their pop-up books.
  • Please open out the picnic blanket before we sit down.
  • He paused to open out the small note he had received.
  • The gardener gently opened out the rose petals.
  • They opened out the blueprints to examine the building's design.
  • The artist began to open out her large canvas on the easel.
  • Can you open out this poster without creasing it?