- Keeping your options open
- Is someone's keeping her or his options open, they aren't going to restrict themselves or rule out any possible course of action.
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Keeping your options open
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keep your options open — Ⅰ. keep your options open ► to avoid doing or deciding something immediately in case there is a better opportunity to consider later: »They are still keeping their options open but a merger is a strong possibility. Main Entry: ↑open Ⅱ. keep your… … Financial and business terms
keep your options open — keep/leave/your options open phrase to avoid making a decision now so that you will still have choices later Flynn hasn’t signed with a team yet and says he wants to keep his options open. Thesaurus: to delay or avoid making a decisionsynonym… … Useful english dictionary
leave your options open — keep/leave/your options open phrase to avoid making a decision now so that you will still have choices later Flynn hasn’t signed with a team yet and says he wants to keep his options open. Thesaurus: to delay or avoid making a decisionsynonym… … Useful english dictionary
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