Break open

Verb

Word Frequency: 0.3

Definitions

1.VerbUsed other than figuratively or idiomatically: see break,‎ open.

"Lacking a corkscrew, he broke the bottle open."

2.VerbTo make a breakthrough on a mystery or problem; to cause a breakthrough to be made.

"I think I broke this case open.; The new evidence has broken this case open."

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