open the floodgates
Example Sentences
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And this week the Securities and Exchange Commission proposed new rules that would open the floodgates for individual investors to buy private funds.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026
Allowing a lawsuit to proceed based on such a flimsy claim of injury would open the floodgates to all manner of claims that rest on nothing more than individuals’ feelings, not concrete injury.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 21, 2026
That would open the floodgates for every challenge by a player on a caution to be looked at.
From BBC ● Jan. 19, 2026
If that was meant to open the floodgates, Ireland were sorely mistaken as Japan controlled the rest of the half.
From Barron's ● Nov. 8, 2025
It has only been nine months since he died, and now my teacher wants me to open the floodgates and lose control of my emotions by writing a book?
From "The Freedom Writers Diary" by The Freedom Writers
