leave the door open for

idiom

: to make it possible for

The patent on the product has expired, which leaves the door open for other companies to make it.

Examples of leave the door open for in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

That seems to leave the door open for the 53-year-old to enter a Royal Rumble as a legend, if WWE makes the call early enough. —Matthew Couden, MSNBC Newsweek, 16 Nov. 2025

Multiple cliffhangers leave the door open for a second season. —Allison Degrushe, Entertainment Weekly, 30 Oct. 2025

Those charges will likely center on murder and are anticipated to leave the door open for the death penalty. —Nick Penzenstadler, USA Today, 16 Sep. 2025

From unmonitored file sharing and stale sessions to malicious extensions and lingering employee access, these vulnerabilities can quietly expose sensitive data and leave the door open for bad actors. —Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 4 June 2025

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