keep the option open vs keep my options open

Both phrases are correct, but they are used in slightly different contexts. 'Keep the option open' is more general and can refer to keeping any option available, while 'keep my options open' is more specific and refers to keeping multiple options available.

Last updated: March 25, 2024 • 1470 views

keep the option open

This phrase is correct and commonly used in English.

This phrase is used to indicate keeping a particular option available or not making a final decision.

Examples:

Let's keep the option open until we have more information.
I want to keep the option open for now.

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Some of us in the British Conservatives would rule it out in principle, others within the PPE-DE Group would like to keep the option open as a very long-term possibility.
If Mexico persists with these dangerous plans, then despite the trade agreement we must keep the option open of imposing a trade boycott in the form of an import ban on Mexican salt.
However, we certainly believe it would be sensible to keep all the options open.
We must do our utmost to ensure that even with an Islamic government Turkey keeps the European option open and does not turn away from us.
I think he's just trying to keep all of the options open, mainly, I presume, to keep you out of jail.
That makes it absolutely necessary to keep all the options open when it comes to reducing emissions, and to do so using instruments that are both environmental and based on the market.
I believe that it is advisable to keep all the options open while the research into the management and elimination of waste is intensified and that is essentially the greatest problem with nuclear energy, given the progress made in terms of the safety of nuclear plants.
MEPs see the draft decision as unreliable, since it keeps open the option of amending the rules at any given time.
MEPs see the draft decision as unreliable, since it keeps open the option of amending the rules at any given time.
MEPs see the draft decision as unreliable, since it keeps open the option of amending the rules at any given time.
The wording represented a deliberate attempt to keep open the option of incorporating other factors.
MEPs see the draft decision as unreliable, since it keeps open the option of amending the rules at any given time.
In their policies, WTO Members should keep open the option of granting priority to public health, animal welfare, environmental protection and solidarity with developing countries.
We need to keep open the option that one day, if we can reach that point, the President of the European Commission can also be the President of the European Council.
One only has to look, for example, at the fact that for at least one more legislature some re-elected Members can keep open the option of enjoying a different system of remuneration.
In order to continue the restructuring of milk production and improve the environment, some exceptions should be made to the principle that reference quantities are tied to farms, and the Member States should be authorised to keep open the option to implement national or regional restructuring programmes.
He just likes to keep his options open.
Just keep options open until we figure out what we can do.
He just likes to keep his options open.
And we should probably keep that option open.

Alternatives:

keep the possibility open
keep the choice open
keep the door open

keep my options open

This phrase is correct and commonly used in English.

This phrase is used to indicate keeping multiple options available or not committing to a specific choice.

Examples:

I prefer to keep my options open before making a decision.
She always keeps her options open when it comes to job opportunities.

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I'm a gentleman merchant about town... and I have got to keep my options open.
You know, trying to keep my options open.
I-I want to keep my options open.
I like to keep my options open.
I like to keep my options open.
But it also means that I keep my options open.
I know. I just like to keep my options open.

Alternatives:

keep all options open
keep one's options open
keep several options open

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keep the option open vs keep my options open