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Open the floodgates

verb

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Verb
  1. 1
    To allow some action to proceed more swiftly or to a greater extent. idiomatic

    "Where we open up the floodgates, freedom reigns supreme. Fire on the hemisphere below."

Etymology

Literally, to allow floodwater that had been held back to flow freely.

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