leave the door open

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Allow for further action or discussion. For example, This will's terms leave the door open for fighting among the heirs. This metaphoric expression transfers the invitation implied by an open door to future events. Also see open the door to.

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Words nearby leave the door open

leave someone alone, leave someone in peace, leave someone in the lurch, leave someone to his or her resources, leave-taking, leave the door open, leave to someone's own devices, leave to someone's tender mercies, Leave well enough alone, leave without a leg to stand on, leave word

How to use leave the door open in a sentence

“We all shook hands and my client told me to leave,” he said.
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France 24 is providing live, round-the-clock coverage of both scenes as they progress.
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Sands was involved in a scandalous-for-the-time romance with the carpenter and there were rumors she was pregnant with his child.
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When it became too crowded, they moved her into an open casket on the street.
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A guard is manning the door, which is always kept ajar so she can be monitored.
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Before Ripperda could unclasp his lips to reply, the stranger had opened the door, and passed through it like a gliding shadow.
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She looked so sweet when she said it, standing and smiling there in the middle of the floor, the door-way making a frame for her.
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She walked away toward another door, which was masked with a curtain that she lifted.
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Hilda, trembling at the door, more than half expected Mr. Orgreave to say: "You mean, she's invited herself."
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They are very urgent questions; our sons and daughters will have to begin to deal with them from the moment they leave college.
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