leave your options open

leave your options open
keep/leave/your options open phrase
to avoid making a decision now so that you will still have choices later

Flynn hasn’t signed with a team yet and says he wants to keep his options open.

Thesaurus: to delay or avoid making a decisionsynonym
Main entry: option

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keep/leave your ˈoptions open idiom
to avoid making a decision now so that you still have a choice in the future

At the moment I'm keeping my options open and applying for as many different jobs as possible.

Main entry:optionidiom

Useful english dictionary. 2012.

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