keep your options open

Meaning

1. Oxford100% of films

   to avoid making a decision now so that you still have a choice in the future

   Makes perfect sense. Keep your options open.

   So you might wanna keep your options open. Hmm?

In the movies · 3

• Makes perfect sense. Keep your options open.Hillbilly Elegy2020
• Okay... I'm just saying there's nothing wrong with keeping your options open in case things don't work out.Front of the Class2008
• So you might wanna keep your options open. Hmm?About Schmidt2002
• Well, l mean, it's-- You gotta keep your options open.This Means War2012
• No, that's not true. I just wanted you to keep your options open.To All the Boys: Always and Forever2021

Learn it in full scenes

• Front of the Class2008
  • Brad Asks for a Chance
  • Brad's Tics Drive His Family Crazy
  • Brad's Childhood with Tourette's
• About Schmidt2002
  • Ray's Toast at the Retirement Dinner
  • Jeannie's Long-Distance Call Home
  • Warren's Video Letter to Ndugu

From the same entry

• the soft option

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