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leave the door open

Verb CEFR C2

Definitions

To maintain the possibility of something happening in the future.

idiomatic, often

Examples

“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.”
“Harry Kane has left the door open⟳ for a return⟳ to Tottenham after completing his £100m move⟳ to Bayern Munich.”

CEFR level

C2
Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
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See also

leave the nest leave things alone leave things be leave to chance leave to the imagination leave well alone

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