open the floodgates

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open the floodgates

if an action or a decision opens the floodgates, it allows something to happen a lot or allows many people to do something that was not previously allowed (often + to ) If they win their case it could open the floodgates to others with similar compensation claims.

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After Jacob Henderson opened the scoring, an Ainsdale equaliser was the cue for Town to open the floodgates, with Gray's brace, Peter Armitage's powerful shot and James Edgar's cool finish completing the win. GRAY IN GROOVE FOR TOWN GREEN; CRAVEN MINOR by Liverpool Echo (Liverpool, England) NASUWT's Northern Ireland Organiser Seamus Searson said: "It will open the floodgates and other schools will jump on the bandwagon. Row as school plans an '11-Plus' by The Mirror (London, England) If we lose it will open the floodgates to developers poaching the large back gardens of homes in Guisborough Road. Fight for Red Cottage by Evening Gazette (Middlesbrough, England)			open a can of worms open a conversation open a Pandora's box open and shut open book open doors open eyes open eyes to open fire open for business open heart open heart to open into open kimono open mind open mouth open old wounds open on open oneself to criticism open out open Pandora's box open season open secret open some doors open the door to open the floodgates open the way for open to open to criticism open to question open up open up to open with open-and-shut case open-ended opening gambit operate operate against operate from operate on opinion opportunity Opportunity knocks but once Opportunity makes a thief oppose opposed to opposite opposite sex opt opt for opt in			Open table Open talik Open Targeting Exchange Open Tech Support Open Technical Dictionary Open Technology Business Center Open Technology Centre Open Technology Development Open Technology Group, Inc. Open Technology Support Unit Open Technology Users Network Open Telecom Infrastructure Open Telecom Platform Open Telecom Platform Open Telecommunications Framework open tendering Open Text Corporation Open Text Mining Initiative Open Text Mining Interface Open Text Social Media open texture open textures Open That Bottle Night Open the Door open the door to open the floodgates open the kimono open the mind open the way for open the way for open the way to Open Theme Standard Open thread Open Thy Mouth Open Tilburgse Kampioenschappen Indoorroeien open timbering open time Open time prolonger Open time prolonger Open time prolonger Open time prolonger Open Tip Match open to open to Open to Air Open to All Open to All open to attack Open to Ceiling Space open to choice open to criticism open to criticism open to debate open to discussion open to dispute open to doubt

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