something would not open

something would not open
something would not work/start/open/etc phrase
used for saying that you could not make something do what it was meant to although you tried

I turned the switch, but the motor wouldn’t start.

Thesaurus: modal verbshyponym
Main entry: would

Useful english dictionary. 2012.

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