break open
English
Verb
break open (third-person singular simple present breaks open, present participle breaking open, simple past broke open, past participle broken open)
- To make a breakthrough on a mystery or problem; to cause a breakthrough to be made.
- I think I broke this case open.
- The new evidence has broken this case open.
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