opened doors
Made access possible
Opened doors refers to opportunities or access that has been granted or made available.
The metaphor treats possibilities as doorways: Her degree opened doors in the tech industry.
To say something opened doors is to credit it with creating chances that wouldn't otherwise exist.
The phrase often appears in career contexts but applies to any situation where barriers have been removed or paths made accessible.
- way inMeans of entry
- accessRight to enter
- entrancePoint of access
- welcome matRug at the entrance
- thresholdPoint of beginning
enter into · opportunity · golden opportunity · career opportunities · portal · breakthrough · invitation · possibility · paved the way · gateway · clear path · entryway · progress · advancement · choice · freedom · hope · transition
opened doorsclosed doors
Sealed entry points
barriers · obstacles · roadblocks · dead ends · locked doors
opened doorsblacklisting
Formally marking for rejection
social exclusion · discrimination · marginalization · pigeonholing · burned bridges
opened doorsslammed doors
locked out · shut out · exclusion · rejection · blacklisting
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