leave the door open en · VERB
Meanings
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(idiomatic, often, with for or to) To maintain the possibility of something happening in the future.
Harry Kane has left the door open for a return to Tottenham after completing his £100m move to Bayern Munich.
2023 August 12, “Harry Kane joins Bayern Munich and leaves door open for Spurs return”, in The Guardian:Federal Reserve officials raised interest rates to their highest level in 22 years and left the door open to further action as they continued their 16-month campaign to wrestle inflation lower by cooling the American economy.
2023 July 26, Jeanna Smialek, “Fed Raises Rates After a Pause and Leaves Door Open to More”, in The New York Times:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| leaving the door open | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| leaves the door open | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic | |
| left the door open | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| left the door open | Tense=Past | lexicographic |
Translations (2)
cmn 留有餘地 /留有余地 (maintain the possibility of something happening in the future) · fi jättää mahdollisuus (maintain the possibility of something happening in the future)