Word.ws English Dictionary

keeping one's options open

keeping one's options open is the present participle and gerund of keep one's options open.

Meaning of keep one's options open

Verb

keep one's options open (third-person singular simple present keeps one's options open, present participle keeping one's options open, simple past and past participle kept one's options open)

  1. (idiomatic) To not commit to a decision, to keep various options available.

Questions about keeping one's options open

What is keeping one's options open the present participle and gerund of?
Keeping one's options open is the present participle and gerund of keep one's options open.

Words near keeping one's options open in the dictionary

  1. keeping one's knickers on
  2. keeping one's lips sealed
  3. keeping one's mouth shut
  4. keeping one's nerve
  5. keeping one's nose clean
  6. keeping one's options open
  7. keeping one's own counsel
  8. keeping one's pants on
  9. keeping one's pecker up
  10. keeping one's powder dry
  11. keeping one's shirt on

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: keeping one's options open (page history and authors); keep one's options open (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

Last updated:

Cite this entry: “keeping one's options open.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/keeping_one%27s_options_open. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.