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KEEP OPEN

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Dictionary entry overview: What does keep open mean?

• KEEP OPEN (verb)
The verb KEEP OPEN has 1 sense:

1. retain rights to

Familiarity information: KEEP OPEN used as a verb is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• KEEP OPEN (verb)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

Retain rights to

Classified under:

Verbs of buying, selling, owning

Synonyms:

hold open; keep open; save; keep

Context examples:

keep my job for me while I give birth / keep my seat, please / keep open the possibility of a merger

Hypernyms (to "keep open" is one way to...):

book; hold; reserve (arrange for and reserve (something for someone else) in advance)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

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