keep\ open\ house

keep\ open\ house
v. phr.
To offer hospitality and entertain those who come at any given time on a certain day or afternoon.

Beth and Charlie have a cottage by the lake where they keep open house on Saturday afternoons during the summer.


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  • keep open house — To give entertainment to all comers • • • Main Entry: ↑house * * * provide general hospitality …   Useful english dictionary

  • keep open house — {v. phr.} To offer hospitality and entertain those who come at any given time on a certain day or afternoon. * /Beth and Charlie have a cottage by the lake where they keep open house on Saturday afternoons during the summer./ …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • keep open house — {v. phr.} To offer hospitality and entertain those who come at any given time on a certain day or afternoon. * /Beth and Charlie have a cottage by the lake where they keep open house on Saturday afternoons during the summer./ …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • To keep open house — Keep Keep (k[=e]p), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Kept} (k[e^]pt); p. pr. & vb. n. {Keeping}.] [OE. k[=e]pen, AS. c[=e]pan to keep, regard, desire, await, take, betake; cf. AS. copenere lover, OE. copnien to desire.] 1. To care; to desire. [Obs.] [1913… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • To keep open house — House House (hous), n.; pl. {Houses}. [OE. hous, hus, AS. h?s; akin to OS. & OFries. h?s, D. huis, OHG. h?s, G. haus, Icel. h?s, Sw. hus, Dan. huus, Goth. gudh?s, house of God, temple; and prob. to E. hide to conceal. See {Hide}, and cf. {Hoard} …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • open house — noun count 1. ) a period of time when people are encouraged to visit a place: keep open house: We keep open house for all our friends. 2. ) AMERICAN a period of time when you can go to look at a house that is for sale without making an… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • open house — UK / US noun Word forms open house : singular open house plural open houses 1) [uncountable] a period of time when people are encouraged to visit a place keep open house: We keep open house for all our friends. 2) [uncountable] American a period… …   English dictionary

  • open house — 1. a party or reception during which anyone who wishes may visit to share in a celebration, meet a special guest, etc. 2. a time during which a school, institution, etc., is open to the public for exhibition or for some specific occasion. 3. a… …   Universalium

  • open house — /oʊpən ˈhaʊs/ (say ohpuhn hows) noun 1. a house hospitably open to all friends who may wish to visit it or enjoy its entertainment. 2. a party or other occasion at which guests may arrive at various times during the day. 3. an occasion on which… …  

  • Open House (novel) — Open House   …   Wikipedia

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