unlocked doors
Unsecured building entrances
Unlocked doors are doors that haven't been secured with a lock—available to anyone who turns the handle.
The phrase often carries connotations of vulnerability or trust: They left their doors unlocked in those days.
Figuratively, unlocked doors suggest opportunity or accessibility: The internship opened unlocked doors throughout the industry.
- openNot closed
- wide openFully accessible, unrestricted
- ajarPartially open
- entrancePoint of access
- keysLock-operating instruments
threshold · come on in · welcome · vulnerable · access · invitation · open house · handle · hinges · security · exposed · unlatched · passage · break-in · home invasion · freedom · opportunity · escape
- Small-Town Lifegeneral store, town square, front porch, church steeple, water tower
- honour systemshonor codes, academic integrity, self-reporting, scout's honor, gentleman's agreements
- small townssmall town, hamlet, town, village, settlement
unlocked doorsclosed doors
Sealed entry points
barriers · brick walls · dead ends · barriers to entry · roadblocks
unlock, unlocked, unlocking, unlocks, lock, locked, locking, locks, locker