Continue
Open
Open verb - To change from a closed to an open position.
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
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By the author's own admission, she had intended to continue several of these open arcs in side stories similar to Maya's, but they were cut for time.
Source: Webcomic / Red String -
Goodbye Emmanuelle (1977): As Emmanuelle and Jean continue their open relationship in the Seychelles, he becomes jealous when she is seduced by a film director.
Source: Film / Emmanuelle -
Or the band breaking up, as the group were quite open about how, at the time, they didn't know if the band would continue.
Source: Music / Garbage
Cite this Source
Open and Continue. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 21, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/continue/open
Continue & Open. N.p., 2016. Web. 21 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/continue/open>.
Open or Continue. 2016. Accessed July 21, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/continue/open.
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