reopen

Definition

  • verb: to open again after being closed
  • verb: to open again
  • sometimes used figuratively
  • synonyms: open, renew

Examples

  • Telling that story will only 'reopen old wounds'. [=cause people to think of things from the past that make them sad, angry, etc.]

  • The district attorney 'reopened' the murder case because new evidence was found.

  • I'm sorry, but the store is closed. We 'reopen' at nine on Monday.

Movie clips

Movie quotes

  • (..) To see if you were the right kind of terrible. Which kind is that? The kind that prevents your people from being even more so. Well, I did reopen the fighting pits. Under my rule, murder will once again become entertainment. Yes, that was wise. And you agreed to marry someone (..)
    2015 TvShow: Game of Thrones Title: Hardhome Season: 5 Episode 8
  • (..) No one's seen Drogon in weeks. For all I know, he's flown halfway across the world. The wise masters ask for the reopening of the fighting pit. Where slaves fought slaves to the death? Opening them would show the people of Meereen that you respect their traditions. (..)
    2015 TvShow: Game of Thrones Title: Kill the Boy Season: 5 Episode 5
  • (..) She clawed it out. How would it know to do that? She remembered where they put it in. It can camouflage! Evacuate the island. We'd never reopen. You made a genetic hybrid, raised it in captivity. She is seeing all of this for the first time. She does not even know what she is. (..)
    2015 Jurassic World