pen up イディオム
open up
talk openly, express feelings When we become friends, I'll open up with you - I'll share.
sharpen up
think carefully, use your intelligence If I make a mistake, I don't want him telling me to sharpen up.
happen upon
meet with;come unexpectedly on (偶然)遇见
I happened on this old photograph in the back of the drawer.在抽屉后面我偶尔发现了这张旧照片。
At the conference I happened upon an old friend I had not seen for years.在大会期间我偶然遇到了一位多年不见的朋友。
happen on|happen|happen upon
v.,
literary To meet or find accidentally or by chance.
The Girl Scouts happened on a charming little brook not far from the camp. At the convention I happened upon an old friend I had not seen for years. Synonym: CHANCE ON, COME ACROSS
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Compare: HIT ON.
open one's eyes|eye|eyes|open|open up one's eyes
v. phr. To make a person see or understand the truth; make a person realize; tell a person what is really happening or what really exists.
Mary didn't believe that her cousin could be mean until the cousin opened Mary's eyes by scratching and biting her. John's eyes were opened up to the world of nature when he visited his grandfather's farm. Compare: EYES OPEN, WISE UP. -
open up|open
v. 1. To show for the first time; make clear; reveal.
The story of Helen Keller's life opened up a whole new world to Mary. Einstein's theories opened up a whole new area for study. 2. To make available; present an opportunity; offer.
The building of the railroad opened up new lands to the pioneers. John opened up a whole new section of the Scrabble board. 3.
informal To go faster.
When they got out on the highway John opened up and drove at 65 miles per hour. 4.
informal To begin to shoot.
When they got close to the enemy lines, they opened up with all they had. 5.
informal To begin to talk frankly.
After John learned to trust Mr. Jones, he opened up and told him how he felt. 6. To spread out.
After a while the road opened up and they traveled more quickly. 7. To become available.
When she got her college diploma, many new jobs opened up.pen up
To apprehend or confine addition or an beastly central of a pen or a analogously small, belted space. We pen these convicts up with added abyss for years at a time, and you apprehend them all to become adapted citizens as a result? The man had bound up dozens of agrarian animals in a anachronistic bend of his company's warehouse.Learn more: pen, uppen (someone or an animal) up
to confine addition to a bedfast amplitude or an beastly to a pen. He said he didn't appetite them to pen him up in an appointment all day. They bound up the dog during the day.Learn more: pen, up
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