open the way

phrase

: to make (something) easier or more likely to happen

—often + for or to

The court ruling opened the way for similar cases.

It has opened the way to real progress.

Examples of open the way in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Troop movements over the past couple of weeks indicate the group is concentrating on seizing the southwestern highlands, which could then open the way for a push toward the government’s capital, Aden. — Brady Knox, The Washington Examiner, 4 Oct. 2026

What was supposed to open the way to a comprehensive peace agreement instead hardened into a new and increasingly unstable status quo. — Alemayehu Fentaw Weldemariam, The Conversation, 29 Sep. 2026

Sher voted against 1986 legislation that purported to open the way for a shrimp processing facility in West Sacramento. — Dan Morain, Los Angeles Times, 14 Sep. 2026

This might eventually open the way, however slowly and cautiously, for the emergence of an alternative Palestinian leadership. — Amos Harel, Foreign Affairs, 2 Sep. 2026

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