You opened me up to a lot of restaurants
What's the meaning of "open up" in the following sentence? I found no definitions from dictionaries to fit this phrasal verb.
Simply because you opened me up to a lot of restaurants here in The Mission, where I’m now living with you, that have a lot of vegan options. I didn’t have that available to me downtown where I used to live.
Source: Effortless English podcast.
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"Y ou opened me up to a lot of restaurants " sounds to me like something a pig would say to a butcher. English idiom changes constantly, but I never heard that one before. I wonder if it was written by a first-language or second-language speaker.
- "Y ou opened me up to a lot of restaurants " sounds to me like something a pig would say to a butcher.
- English idiom changes constantly, but I never heard that one before.
- I wonder if it was written by a first-language or second-language speaker.
- It is common and correct to say "She is open to new experiences".
- Maybe the writer was thinking of that expression and trying to develop it in a new way.
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"You opened me up to a lot of restaurants " sounds to me like something a pig would say to a butcher.
English idiom changes constantly, but I never heard
0That is a fairly modern expression, I think. I can't find it in a reference work, either, but I didn't look very hard. When someone opens you up to new things, they cause you to accept things that are outside your normal experience. It's like the difference between open-minded and closed-minded. I would say that your podcaster used the expression loosely.
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