break open (English, verb)
expansion: break open (third-person singular simple present breaks open, present participle breaking open, simple past broke open, past participle broken open)
Senses:
glosses: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see break, open.
tags: ambitransitive
glosses: To make a breakthrough on a mystery or problem; to cause a breakthrough to be made.
Forms:
form: breaks open
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: breaking open
tags: participle
present
form: broke open
tags: past
form: broken open
tags: participle
past