open to question
idiom
: not known for sure : uncertain
Her intentions are open to question.
The author's exact meaning is open to question.
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After appearing in the last seven AFC Championship Games, earning five Super Bowl berths and winning three titles in that span, the Chiefs fell to 6-11 this season and have left open to question how much of it was a blip and how much signifies the end of an empire.
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Kansas City Star, 16 Jan. 2026
Those were Mao’s orders, and to follow them was not open to question, just like to eat or to breathe.
—Literary Hub, 13 Jan. 2026
Just how many refueling trips that would take is open to question.
—Jeffrey Kluger, Time, 24 Oct. 2025
The pair fumble over each other trying to bust her bathroom door open to question her, knocking her over in the process and inadvertently breaking her skull against the lip of the tub.
—Andy Andersen, Vulture, 18 Sep. 2025
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Kansas City Star, 16 Jan. 2026
Those were Mao’s orders, and to follow them was not open to question, just like to eat or to breathe.
—Literary Hub, 13 Jan. 2026
Just how many refueling trips that would take is open to question.
—Jeffrey Kluger, Time, 24 Oct. 2025
The pair fumble over each other trying to bust her bathroom door open to question her, knocking her over in the process and inadvertently breaking her skull against the lip of the tub.
—Andy Andersen, Vulture, 18 Sep. 2025
See All Example Sentences for open to question
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“Open to question.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/open%20to%20question. Accessed 29 Jan. 2026.
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