to open present
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1.0
- phrasal verb
- /ˈoʊpən ˈprɛzənt/
:
abrir un regalo
- On Christmas morning, we all gathered around the tree to open presents together.
- opening presents on Christmas
- kids open presents
- opening presents on Christmas morning
Examples
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Let's open presents.
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I was usually first in line to open presents.
Fiction book (1996) -
Do you want to come home and open presents?
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And I want to open presents on Christmas morning.
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When are we gonna open presents?
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Go get Grandpa and we'll open presents.
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But here, we have dinner at 6:00... and we open presents at 8:00.
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We ate brunch and opened presents.
Fiction book (2000) -
Remember when we lit the Menorah and opened presents?
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They celebrated his birthdays and, on Christmas, invited him to stay overnight so they all could open presents together.
Fiction book (2000)
How Revealed
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1.1
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'to unwrap a gift' is directly derivable from combining 'open' (to make accessible) with 'present' (a gift); opening an object naturally maps to unwrapping or revealing its contents. This is a straightforward compositional pattern common across languages and should be immediately understandable to a B1 learner who knows both constituents.
Etymology
Open present comes from the simple action of taking off the wrapping paper from a gift so you can see what is inside. The word open means to take off a cover and present means a gift, so open present means 'to unwrap a gift'.