open the floodgates (English, verb)
expansion: open the floodgates (third-person singular simple present opens the floodgates, present participle opening the floodgates, simple past and past participle opened the floodgates)
Senses:
glosses: To allow some action to proceed more swiftly or to a greater extent.
tags: idiomatic
Forms:
form: opens the floodgates
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: opening the floodgates
tags: participle
present
form: opened the floodgates
tags: participle
past
form: opened the floodgates
tags: past