leave the door open

Meaning

1. leave the door open (for sth)

   to make sure that there is still the possibility of doing sth

In the movies · 7

• Especially if you leave the door open.Once Upon a Time in America1984
• Do me a favor. Leave the door open for the dogs.The End of the Tour2015
• All right? I'm just gonna be right there. I'll leave the door open a little bit.The Pursuit of Happyness2006
• Leave the door open?Nightmare Alley2021
• And, uh, just leave the door open. That's important.Little Miss Sunshine2006
• I'm gonna leave the door open. I'll be right up the stairs.The Pursuit of Happyness2006
• Leave the door open.Barfly1987
• Not leaving the door open to the room with the manuscript in it?About Time2013

Learn it in full scenes

• The End of the Tour2015
  • Lipsky Pitches the Wallace Story
  • Dave Wallace Doesn't Drink
  • Wallace and Lipsky First Meeting

From the same entry

• be on the door
• close the door on
• door to door
• the door to
• lay at door
• out of doors
• shut the door in face
• to door
• by the back door
• close, the barn door after the horse has escaped
• beat a path to door
• close its doors