open someone's eyes
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editopen someone's eyes (third-person singular simple present opens someone's eyes, present participle opening someone's eyes, simple past and past participle opened someone's eyes)
- (idiomatic) To make someone aware of something they did not know or fully understand before; to enlighten someone.
- Visiting Africa opened my eyes to what it is like living without clean water.
- 2023 July 26, Pip Dunn, “Merseyrail '777s' are OK for commuters”, in RAIL, number 988, page 61:
- I have to admit that Merseyside was the one area of the railway I had little experience of until this year, but two visits […] have opened my eyes to what is an incredibly well-run network, with such friendly staff and locals.