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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
Sense 1
Meaning:
Retain rights to
Classified under:
Verbs of buying, selling, owning
Synonyms:
hold open; keep; keep open; save
Context example:
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)
Verb group:
hold on; keep (retain possession of)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Context examples
And as he thus sat, his eyes would keep open no longer, and he felt a desire to sleep.
(Fairy Tales, by The Brothers Grimm)
He would keep open house and entertain like a prince.
(Martin Eden, by Jack London)
It was his last hope, save that he might hide in the tomb that he think poor Miss Lucy, being as he thought like him, keep open to him.
(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)
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